High severity · published Feb 11, 2022
CVE-2022-24958
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.8 mishandles dev->buf release
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.8 mishandles dev->buf release.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 4.9.305; 4.10 before 4.14.270; 4.15 before 4.19.233; 4.20 before 5.4.183; 5.5 before 5.10.104; 5.11 before 5.15.27; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
HF
H300e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H300s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410c Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H410s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H500s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700e Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HF
H700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24958
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24958
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/501e38a5531efbd77d5c73c0ba838a889bfc1d74
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUVZA2YVOQJBJTDIDQ5HF5TAU2C6WP6H/
Broken Link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/
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