CVE-2013-2898

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SENSOR_HUB is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted device.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.11; 3.0-rc1, 3.0-rc2, 3.0-rc3, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc5, 3.0-rc6 (+252)

References

http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=137772191114645&w=1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=137772191114645&w=1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1

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