CVE-2022-25258

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.10. The USB Gadget subsystem lacks certain validation of interface OS descriptor requests (ones with a large array index and ones associated with NULL function pointer retrieval). Memory corruption might occur.

Category

4.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/75e5b4849b81e19e9efe1654b30d7f3151c33c2c third party advisory patch
https://github.com/szymonh/d-os-descriptor issue tracking third party advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.10 release notes vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0007/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-25258?
CVE-2022-25258 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-25258?
To fix CVE-2022-25258, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-25258 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-25258 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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