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CVE-2022-24958

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Date: February 10, 2022

drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.8 mishandles dev->buf release.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (13)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUVZA2YVOQJBJTDIDQ5HF5TAU2C6WP6H/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-24958

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2022-24958

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24958

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUVZA2YVOQJBJTDIDQ5HF5TAU2C6WP6H/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/501e38a5531efbd77d5c73c0ba838a889bfc1d74

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0008/

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-24958

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

CWE-763

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Upgrade to version v5.16

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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