CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-41849

MediumCVSS 4.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

A race condition and resultant use-after-free in drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 allows a physically proximate attacker to cause a use-after-free by removing a USB device while calling open().

Risk Assessment

A physically proximate attacker could trigger a use-after-free, potentially leading to system crash or privilege escalation. However, it requires physical access to the device.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version later than 5.19.12. Restrict physical access to USB ports for unauthorized individuals.

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Original NVD description (English source)

drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS