Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
CVE-2022-49051
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup aqc111_rx_fixup() contains several out-of-bounds accesses that can be triggered by a malicious (or defective) USB device, in particular: - The metadata array (desc_offset..desc_offset+2*pkt_count) can be out of bounds, causing OOB reads and (on big-endian systems) OOB endianness flips. - A packet can overlap the metadata array, causing a later OOB endianness flip to corrupt data used by a cloned SKB that has already been handed off into the network stack. - A packet SKB can be constructed whose tail is far beyond its end, causing out-of-bounds heap data to be considered part of the SKB's data. Found doing variant analysis. Tested it with another driver (ax88179_178a), since I don't have a aqc111 device to test it, but the code looks very similar.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 5.10.112, 17364b805f5b9016bb528241ba91481e3497e5e1, 5.0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-49051?
- CVE-2022-49051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
- How severe is CVE-2022-49051?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.