GHSA-5c8p-jxw7-78rv

GHSA-5c8p-jxw7-78rv PUBLISHED CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published February 17, 2022

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.10. 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). Memory corruption might occur.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

4.599999904632568

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

Timeline

Feb 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-5c8p-jxw7-78rv

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