medium 5.5

CVE-2023-45862 json

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c for the ENE UB6250 reader driver in the Linux kernel before 6.2.5.

published 2023-10-14 3 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2023-50128

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c for the ENE UB6250 reader driver in the Linux kernel before 6.2.5. An object could potentially extend beyond the end of an allocation.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 5 links 1

linux linux_kernel 6.2.5

debian ubuntu red hat suse azure linux

linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45862

linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-152.169
linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-79.86
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1104.112
linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1042.47
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1107.116
linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1039.47
linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1039.44
linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1051.56

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-45862

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

perf rhev hypervisor 4.4, RHEL 8.6 EUS 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
kernel RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
perf RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
bpftool RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
kernel-core RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
kernel-tools RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
python3-perf RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
kernel-modules RHEL 8.8 EUS 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:1404 RHSA-2024:0724 RHSA-2024:0723 RHSA-2024:0725

kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.33.23.1
kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 SP2 +2 more 5.3.18-150200.24.169.1
kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.149.1
kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.149.1
kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.149.1
kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP5 4.12.14-10.149.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:4414-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4377-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4359-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4351-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4349-1 SUSE-SU-2023:4348-1

kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.135.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-31565

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce3… commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-45862 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 5.5

kernel: drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
affected: workaround, no fix available
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1404
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.2) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, +5 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0723
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.51.1.el8_8, +15 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:1404
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.52.1.el9_2, +28 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0723

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.52.1.rt14.337.el9_2, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0725
Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0724
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 31 d ago (2026-10-08)

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce33e64c1788912976b61314b56935abd4bc97ef
mailing-list, patch
cdn.kernel.org /pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2.5
release-notes
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20231116-0004/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-45862
NVD CVE-2023-45862

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Summary