FKIE_CVE-2023-53437

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-18 16:15 - Updated: 2026-01-14 20:16
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11196ee3916e50a5da3c1e6ecda19a02dca14ba3Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a76cfc388cf105d3e04ac592670a52a3864b1baPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2914259fcea23971c6fed8b2618d3a729a78c365Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a8d11d28b57656cebfbd4c0b8b76f6ad5b017dPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ddb251c68ac75c101d3a50a68c4629c9055e4cPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4e6ca62e77539d4df8d13137e2683b10baddd9Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8aa2e1ae6426d7cbddf1735aed1a63ddf0e6909Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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