{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: usb: typec: altmodes/displayport: fix pin_assignment_show",
    "id" : "2426180",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426180"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-823",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nusb: typec: altmodes/displayport: fix pin_assignment_show\nThis patch fixes negative indexing of buf array in pin_assignment_show\nwhen get_current_pin_assignments returns 0 i.e. no compatible pin\nassignments are found.\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in pin_assignment_show+0x26c/0x33c\n...\nCall trace:\ndump_backtrace+0x110/0x204\ndump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xbc\nprint_report+0x358/0x974\nkasan_report+0x9c/0xfc\n__do_kernel_fault+0xd4/0x2d4\ndo_bad_area+0x48/0x168\ndo_tag_check_fault+0x24/0x38\ndo_mem_abort+0x6c/0x14c\nel1_abort+0x44/0x68\nel1h_64_sync_handler+0x64/0xa4\nel1h_64_sync+0x78/0x7c\npin_assignment_show+0x26c/0x33c\ndev_attr_show+0x50/0xc0", "An out-of-bounds array access was found in the USB Type-C DisplayPort altmode driver. When no compatible pin assignments are found, the code performs negative array indexing, causing a use-after-free or out-of-bounds read." ],
  "statement" : "This is triggered by reading the pin_assignment sysfs file on USB-C DisplayPort altmode devices when no valid assignments exist. Exploitation requires physical access to a USB-C port and interaction with sysfs.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2024-05-22T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:3138",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2394",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-04-30T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:2394",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54186\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54186\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123026-CVE-2023-54186-a9c9@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2023-54186",
  "csaw" : false
}