#VU120860 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2023-54213
Published: December 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120860
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-54213
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the sisusb_probe() function in drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusbvga.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9028b6ffaa98bff7c479cccf2558247e295534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f569fd0699c4240a5c96e5ba1a0844a595afca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a730feb672c7d7c5f7414c3715f8e3fa844e5a9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f980ecb0112100366c64e0404d9dd1dcbd2fcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bccb2ccb65515dc66a8001f99f4dcba8a45987f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccef03c5113506d27dd6530d3a9ef5715c068e13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5dba4b7bf904143702fb4be641802ee2e9c95aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df05a9b05e466a46725564528b277d0c570d0104
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.316
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.284
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.181
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.114
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.244
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.31
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.3.5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.4