CVE-2023-1073

A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

• CWE-119
• CWE-787

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/05/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456Mailing List, Patch
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3Broken Link

Published

Mar 27, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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