# CVE-2023-52754: media: imon: fix access to invalid resource for the second interface

> A memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel imon driver allows attackers to cause crashes or potentially execute code via malformed USB descriptors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-52754, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52754, GHSA-2qm9-92xg-cr8h, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52754

## What is CVE-2023-52754?

CVE-2023-52754 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: imon: fix access to invalid resource for the second interface

imon driver probes two USB interfaces, and at the probe of the second
interface, the driver assumes blindly that the first interface got
bound with the same imon driver.  It's usually true, but it's still
possible that the first interface is bound with another driver via a
malformed descriptor.  Then it may lead to a memory corruption, as
spotted by syzkaller; imon driver accesses the data from drvdata as
struct imon_context object although it's a completely different one
that was assigned by another driver.

This patch adds a sanity check -- whether the first interface is
really bound with the imon driver or not -- for avoiding the problem
above at the probe time.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52754?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-52754?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-52754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-52754 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-52754 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52754/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52754/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52754
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52754
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52754

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-52754/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.