Vulnerability CVE-2023-1073
Published: 2023-03-27

Description:
A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel??s human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

 References:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/osssecurity/2023/01/17/3
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/id=b12fece4c64857e5fab4290bf01b2e0317a88456
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173403
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