CVE - CVE-2018-20169

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-20169	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
References
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MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf MISC:https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.9 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/704620afc70cf47abb9d6a1a57f3825d2bca49cf MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20190503 [SECURITY] [DLA 1771-1] linux-4.9 security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html REDHAT:RHSA-2019:3309 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:3517 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517 UBUNTU:USN-3879-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3879-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/ UBUNTU:USN-4094-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ UBUNTU:USN-4118-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20181217	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20181217)
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