CVE-2013-2058
Linux Kernel < 3.7.4 - Denial of Service via USB/Ethernet Adapter Traffic
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=959210
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/05/2
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4
Scores
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (44)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.1
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.2
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.3
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.4
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.5
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.6
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.7
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.8
linux/linux_kernel
3.0.9
... and 34 more
Published
Nov 04, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026