High severity · published Mar 6, 2022
CVE-2022-26490
st21nfca_connectivity_event_received in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.12 has EVT_TRANSACTION buffer overflows because of untrusted length parameters
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
st21nfca_connectivity_event_received in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.12 has EVT_TRANSACTION buffer overflows because of untrusted length parameters.
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 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 4.9.309; 4.10 before 4.14.274; 4.15 before 4.19.237; 4.20 before 5.4.188; 5.5 before 5.10.109; 5.11 before 5.15.32; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · 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-2022-26490
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26490
Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4fbcc1a4cb20fe26ad0225679c536c80f1648221
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BG4J46EMFPDD5QHYXDUI3PJCZQ7HQAZR/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C5AUUDGSDLGYU7SZSK4PFAN22NISQZBT/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220429-0004/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5127
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