Denial of service in Linux kernel vidtv driver

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU67514

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-3078

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_s302m.c in Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and crash the kernel.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: before 5.18

External links

http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.19-rc2&id=e6a21a14106d9718aa4f8e115b1e474888eeba44

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.