net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482 CPU: 0 PID: 8696 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x21c/0x280 lib/dump_stack.c:118 kmsan_report+0xf7/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:121 __msan_warning+0x58/0xa0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:215 smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline] smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482 usbnet_probe+0x1152/0x3f90 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1737 usb_probe_interface+0xece/0x1550 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:374 really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529 driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701 __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807 bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431 __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920 bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491 device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680 usb_set_configuration+0x380f/0
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.327, 4.19.296, 5.10.198, 5.15.135, 5.4.258, 6.1.57, 6.5.7
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-52528
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 01:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 2 Mar 2024, 21:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: smsc75xx: Fix uninit-value access in __smsc75xx_read_reg syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482 CPU: 0 PID: 8696 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x21c/0x280 lib/dump_stack.c:118 kmsan_report+0xf7/0x1e0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:121 __msan_warning+0x58/0xa0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:215 smsc75xx_wait_ready drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:975 [inline] smsc75xx_bind+0x5c9/0x11e0 drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c:1482 usbnet_probe+0x1152/0x3f90 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1737 usb_probe_interface+0xece/0x1550 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:374 really_probe+0xf20/0x20b0 drivers/base/dd.c:529 driver_probe_device+0x293/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:701 __device_attach_driver+0x63f/0x830 drivers/base/dd.c:807 bus_for_each_drv+0x2ca/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:431 __device_attach+0x4e2/0x7f0 drivers/base/dd.c:873 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:920 bus_probe_device+0x177/0x3d0 drivers/base/bus.c:491 device_add+0x3b0e/0x40d0 drivers/base/core.c:2680 usb_set_configuration+0x380f/0
osv:CVE-2023-52528
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.327, 4.19.296, 5.4.258, 5.10.198, 5.15.135, 6.1.57, 6.5.7
Complete source record
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