usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing usb_parse_ss_endpoint_companion() checks descriptor type before length, enabling a potentially odd read outside of the buffer size. Fix this up by checking the size first before looking at any of the fields in the descriptor.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3097ede7835d3caf6543eb70ff689af4550cd2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/058ad2b722812708fe90567875704ae36563e33b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b10e0f868067c6f25bbfabdcf3e1e6432c24ca55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5badd56c711e2c8371d1670f9bd486697575423c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9512510cee7d1becdb0e9413fdd3ab783e4e30ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe6f472f0beef4281e6f03bc38a910a33be663f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9843bcb187cb933861f7805022e6873905f669e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf16f408364efd8a68f39011a3b073c83a03612d
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