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CVE-2022-49301

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.198 / 5.10.122 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in usb_read8() and friends When r8712_usbctrl_vendorreq() returns negative, 'data' in usb_read{8,16,32} will not be initialized. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline] string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806 va_format lib/vsprintf.c:1704 [inline] pointer+0x18e6/0x1f70 lib/vsprintf.c:2443 vsnprintf+0x1a9b/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2810 vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158 vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256 dev_vprintk_emit+0x5ef/0x6d0 drivers/base/core.c:4604 dev_printk_emit+0x1dd/0x21f drivers/base/core.c:4615 __dev_printk+0x3be/0x440 drivers/base/core.c:4627 _dev_info+0x1ea/0x22f drivers/base/core.c:4673 r871xu_drv_init+0x1929/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:401 usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621 __driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752 driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline] __device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899 bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427 __device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017 bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487 device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405 usb_set_configuration+0x37e9/0x3ed0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x13c/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238 usb_probe_device+0x309/0x570 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293 really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621 __driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752 driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline] __device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899 bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427 __device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970 device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017 bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487 device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405 usb_new_device+0x1b91/0x2950 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2566 hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5507 [inline] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline] hub_event+0x58e3/0x89e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5747 process_one_work+0xdb6/0x1820 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x10d0/0x2240 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x3c7/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Local variable data created at: usb_read8+0x5d/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_ops.c:33 r8712_read8+0xa5/0xd0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_io.c:29 KMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3cd92b1d85428b128503bfa7a250294c9ae00bd8

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:< 5.4.198>= 5.5, < 5.10.122>= 5.11, < 5.15.47>= 5.16, < 5.17.15>= 5.18, < 5.18.4

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.198 / 5.10.122 / 5.15.47 or later
Fixed in 5.4.1985.10.1225.15.47
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 5.4.198, 5.10.122, 5.15.47, or 5.17.15 (depending on which stable branch you are on)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. If running kernel < 5.4.198, upgrade to kernel >= 5.4.198
  3. If running kernel >= 5.5 and < 5.10.122, upgrade to kernel >= 5.10.122
  4. If running kernel >= 5.11 and < 5.15.47, upgrade to kernel >= 5.15.47
  5. If running kernel >= 5.16 and < 5.17.15, upgrade to kernel >= 5.17.15
  6. After upgrading, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  7. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version matches one of the fixed releases
Caveat Major kernel upgrades may require rebuilding out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers are available

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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