CVE-2022-26490: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-26490 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 45 · Related 40Timeline
- 06-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
st21nfca_connectivity_event_received in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.12 has EVT_TRANSACTION buffer overflows because of untrusted length parameters.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
38%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu73 products
- linux< 4.4.0-224.257 | < 4.15.0-177.186 | < 5.4.0-110.124 | < 5.15.0-27.28
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1104.109 | < 4.4.0-1140.154 | < 4.15.0-1128.137 | < 5.4.0-1073.78 | < 5.15.0-1005.7
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13< 5.13.0-1023.25~20.04.1
Debian2 products
- linux< 5.16.18-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34 | 35
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel< 4.9.309 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.274 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.237 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.188 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.109 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.32 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.18
5 vendors · 85 products
References
19 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4fbcc1a4cb20fe26ad0225679c536c80f1648221X Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory