CVE-2022-24958
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.4%
35.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-763
Published 2022-02-11 · modified 2026-09-11
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2022-02-11 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-11 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.8 mishandles dev->buf release.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/501e38a5531efbd77d5c73c0ba838a889bfc1d74
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUVZA2YVOQJBJTDIDQ5HF5TAU2C6WP6H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0008/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit?id=89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/501e38a5531efbd77d5c73c0ba838a889bfc1d74
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/89f3594d0de58e8a57d92d497dea9fee3d4b9cda
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SUVZA2YVOQJBJTDIDQ5HF5TAU2C6WP6H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCW2KZYJ2H6BKZE3CVLHRIXYDGNYYC5P/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220225-0008/