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CVE-2013-2058 json

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 o…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-2040

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2058

  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
  • mrg-rt-release enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-firmware enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 enterprise mrg 2 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1264

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2058 updated cvss 4.9

Kernel: usb: chipidea: Allow disabling streaming not just in udc mode

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt, mrg-rt-release 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1264
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/929473ea05db455ad88cdc081f2adc556b8dc48f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References

Sources

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