The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming…

Description

The host_start function in drivers/usb/chipidea/host.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 does not properly support a certain non-streaming option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending a large amount of network traffic through a USB/Ethernet adapter.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130505 Re: CVE request: Linux kernel: chipidea: allow disabling streaming in host mode (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:20 UTC.