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Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-24958

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.16.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24958
Debian:13linux5.16.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24958
Debian:14linux5.16.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24958
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-24958
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-24958
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-24958

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References