7.8

CVE-2022-48834: usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48834DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48834
Published 16-07-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48834 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1SUSE-SU-2024:2902-1SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1SUSE-SU-2024:3225-1

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers The syzbot fuzzer reported a minor bug in the usbtmc driver: usb 5-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80001e80 doesn't match bRequestType 0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:412 usb_submit_urb+0x13a5/0x1970 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 Comm: syz-executor122 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-syzkaller-00306-g2293be58d6a1 #0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> usb_start_wait_urb+0x113/0x530 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x2a5/0x4b0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 usbtmc_ioctl_request drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c:1947 [inline] The problem is that usbtmc_ioctl_request() uses usb_rcvctrlpipe() for all of its transfers, whether they are in or out. It's easy to fix.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-117.132 | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1078.84 | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc, < 700a0715854c1e79a73341724ce4f5bb01abc016 | ≥ 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc, < 10a805334a11acd547602d6c4cf540a0f6ab5c6e | ≥ 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc, < c69aef9db878ab277068a8cc1b4bf0cf309dc2b7 | ≥ 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc, < 5f6a2d63c68c12cf61259df7c3527a0e05dce952 | ≥ 658f24f4523e41cda6a389c38b763f4c0cad6fbc, < e9b667a82cdcfe21d590344447d65daed52b353b | 4.20
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.187 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.108 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.31 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.17 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2 | 5.17:rc3 | 5.17:rc4 | 5.17:rc5 | 5.17:rc6 | 5.17:rc7 | 5.17:rc8
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1

3 vendors · 97 products

References

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