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CVE-2023-4010 (GCVE-0-2023-4010)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-31 16:22 – Updated: 2026-08-25 17:44
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Rejected because the CVE description attributes a vulnerability to a non-existent Linux kernel function (usb_giveback_urb()) and the reported issue cannot be mapped to any valid codebase.

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