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CVE-2024-38394

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

Mismatches in interpreting USB authorization policy between GNOME Settings Daemon (GSD) through 46.0 and the Linux kernel's underlying device matching logic allow a physically proximate attacker to access some unintended Linux kernel USB functionality, such as USB device-specific kernel modules and filesystem implementations. NOTE: the GSD supplier indicates that consideration of a mitigation for this within GSD would be in the context of "a new feature, not a CVE."

  • LOW
  • PHYSICAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published