Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49937media: mceusb: Use new usb_control_msg_*() routines

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mceusb: Use new usb_control_msg_*() routines Automatic kernel fuzzing led to a WARN about invalid pipe direction in the mceusb driver: ------------[ cut here ]------------ usb 6-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80000380 doesn't match bRequestType 40 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2465 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 usb_submit_urb+0x1326/0x1820 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 2465 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc4-00208-g69cb6c6556ad #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0x1326/0x1820 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Code: 7c 24 40 e8 ac 23 91 fd 48 8b 7c 24 40 e8 b2 70 1b ff 45 89 e8 44 89 f1 4c 89 e2 48 89 c6 48 c7 c7 a0 30 a9 86 e8 48 07 11 02 <0f> 0b e9 1c f0 ff ff e8 7e 23 91 fd 0f b6 1d 63 22 83 05 31 ff 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc900032becf0 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881100f3058 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffffc90004961000 RSI: ffff888114c6d580 RDI: fffff52000657d90 RBP: ffff888105ad90f0 R08: ffffffff812c3638 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000005 R11: ffffed1023504ef1 R12: ffff888105ad9000 R13: 0000000000000040 R14: 0000000080000380 R15: ffff88810ba96500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ffe810bda58 CR3: 000000010b720000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> usb_start_wait_urb+0x101/0x4c0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x31c/0x4a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 mceusb_gen1_init drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c:1431 [inline] mceusb_dev_probe+0x258e/0x33f0 drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c:1807 The reason for the warning is clear enough; the driver sends an unusual read request on endpoint 0 but does not set the USB_DIR_IN bit in the bRequestType field. More importantly, the whole situation can be avoided and the driver simplified by converting it over to the relatively new usb_control_msg_recv() and usb_control_msg_send() routines. That's what this fix does.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49937
Debian:13linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49937
Debian:14linux5.19.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-57.63UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1027.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1030.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1030.37.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1026.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1024.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1012.16UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1022.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1023.28UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-57.63UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1026.32UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1022.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49937

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 66e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade – before 587f793c64d99d92be8ef01c4c69d885a3f2edb666e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade – before 75913c562f5ba4cf397d835c63f443879167c6f666e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade – before d69c738ac9310b56e84c51c8f09fc018a8291bc666e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade – before 608e58a0f4617977178131f5f68a3fce1d3f5316
Linux Linux 2.6.36

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