GHSA-557R-RM2W-QVRJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-07 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: configfs: Prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy()

Userspace provided string 's' could trivially have the length zero. Left unchecked this will firstly result in an OOB read in the form if (str[0 - 1] == '\n') followed closely by an OOB write in the formstr[0 - 1] = '\0'`.

There is already a validating check to catch strings that are too long. Let's supply an additional check for invalid strings that are too short.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-42236"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-07T16:15:46Z",
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: configfs: Prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy()\n\nUserspace provided string \u0027s\u0027 could trivially have the length zero. Left\nunchecked this will firstly result in an OOB read in the form\n`if (str[0 - 1] == \u0027\\n\u0027) followed closely by an OOB write in the form\n`str[0 - 1] = \u0027\\0\u0027`.\n\nThere is already a validating check to catch strings that are too long.\nLet\u0027s supply an additional check for invalid strings that are too short.",
  "id": "GHSA-557r-rm2w-qvrj",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:10Z",
  "published": "2024-08-07T18:30:43Z",
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