SB2025050401 - Memory leak in Linux kernel net usb driver
Published: May 4, 2025 Updated: May 10, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025050401
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53062)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the smsc95xx_rx_fixup() function in drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33d1603a38e05886c538129ddfe00bd52d347e7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70eb25c6a6cde149affe8a587371a3a8ad295ba0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733580e268a53db1cd01f2251419da91866378f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6c40227108f8ee428e42eb0337b48ed3001e65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3c145a4d24b752c9a1314d5a595014d51471418
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e041bef1adee02999cf24f9a2e15ed452bc363fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2111c791d885211714db85f9a06188571c57dd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff821092cf02a70c2bccd2d19269f01e29aa52cf
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.312
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.280
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.177
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.105
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.240
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.22
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.9
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3