MediumFix available
media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 5.4.235, 6.1.18, 6.2.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-53437
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 01:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Sept 2025, 16:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors If the source entity does not contain any pads, do not create a link.
osv:CVE-2023-53437
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.100, 6.1.18, 6.2.5
Complete source record
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