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CVE-2022-48857

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Jul 16, 2024 linux CWE-416 EPSS 0.21% (11th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2022-48857 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 16, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFC: port100: fix use-after-free in port100_send_complete

Syzbot reported UAF in port100_send_complete(). The root case is in

missing usb_kill_urb() calls on error handling path of ->probe function.

port100_send_complete() accesses devm allocated memory which will be

freed on probe failure. We should kill this urbs before returning an

error from probe function to prevent reported use-after-free

Fail log:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in port100_send_complete+0x16e/0x1a0 drivers/nfc/port100.c:935

Read of size 1 at addr ffff88801bb59540 by task ksoftirqd/2/26

...

Call Trace:

<TASK>

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]

dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106

print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x303 mm/kasan/report.c:255

__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [inline]

kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459

port100_send_complete+0x16e/0x1a0 drivers/nfc/port100.c:935

__usb_hcd_give

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 3.13, < 4.9.307 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-48857?

CVE-2022-48857 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 16, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2022-48857?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-48857?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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