SB2022031306 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel



SB2022031306 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

Published: March 13, 2022 Updated: October 19, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022031306
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25258)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c in the Linux kernel. The USB Gadget subsystem lacks certain validation of interface OS descriptor requests (ones with a large array index and ones associated with NULL function pointer retrieval). A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25375)

CWE-ID: CWE-668 - Exposure of resource to wrong sphere

CVSSv4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions in drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c in the Linux kernel. The RNDIS USB gadget lacks validation of the size of the RNDIS_MSG_SET command. A local user can run a specially crafted program to gain access to kernel memory.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.