CVE-2020-13143

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <5.6.13 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c in the Linux kernel 3.16 through 5.6.13 relies on kstrdup without considering the possibility of an internal '\0' value, which allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read, aka CID-15753588bcd4.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-usb/msg194331.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4698
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4699
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4412-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4419-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4414-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0298
EPSS Percentile 86.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (31)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/linux_kernel 3.16 - 5.6.13
netapp/a700s_firmware
... and 21 more
Published May 18, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026