{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52528 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2023-52528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52528 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-52528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52528 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52528/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52528/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-52528","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52528/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-52528","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2023-52528","DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52528","GHSA-h234-f9wp-jpmr","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52528"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel USB driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with physical access or USB privileges can trigger an uninitialized memory read in the smsc75xx driver, potentially leaking kernel memory or causing a crash.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-908","name":"Use of Uninitialized Resource"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg\n\nsyzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue:\n\n=====================================================\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482\nCPU: 0 PID: 8696 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc5-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011\nWorkqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event\nCall Trace:\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline]\n dump_stack+0x21c/0x280 lib/dump_stack.c:118\n kmsan_report+0xf7/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:121\n __msan_warning+0x58/0xa0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:215\n smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline]\n smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482\n usbnet_probe+0x1152/0x3f90 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1737\n usb_probe_interface+0xece/0x1550 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:374\n really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529\n driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701\n __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807\n bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431\n __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873\n device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920\n bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491\n device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680\n usb_set_configuration+0x380f/0x3f10 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2032\n usb_generic_driver_probe+0x138/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:241\n usb_probe_device+0x311/0x490 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:272\n really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529\n driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701\n __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807\n bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431\n __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873\n device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920\n bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491\n device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680\n usb_new_device+0x1bd4/0x2a30 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2554\n hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5208 [inline]\n hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5348 [inline]\n port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5494 [inline]\n hub_event+0x5e7b/0x8a70 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5576\n process_one_work+0x1688/0x2140 kernel/workqueue.c:2269\n worker_thread+0x10bc/0x2730 kernel/workqueue.c:2415\n kthread+0x551/0x590 kernel/kthread.c:292\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:293\n\nLocal variable ----buf.i87@smsc75xx_bind created at:\n __smsc75xx_read_reg drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:83 [inline]\n smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:968 [inline]\n smsc75xx_bind+0x485/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482\n __smsc75xx_read_reg drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:83 [inline]\n smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:968 [inline]\n smsc75xx_bind+0x485/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482\n\nThis issue is caused because usbnet_read_cmd() reads less bytes than requested\n(zero byte in the reproducer). In this case, 'buf' is not properly filled.\n\nThis patch fixes the issue by returning -ENODATA if usbnet_read_cmd() reads\nless bytes than requested.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg","id":"CVE-2023-52528","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"HID: sony: Fix a potential memory leak in sony_probe()","id":"CVE-2023-52529"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ipv4, ipv6: Fix handling of transhdrlen in __ip{,6}_append_data()","id":"CVE-2023-52527"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-03-02","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"An attacker with physical access or USB privileges can trigger an uninitialized memory read in the smsc75xx driver, potentially leaking kernel memory or causing a crash.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52528/"}