DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25258

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 4
Published: 16 Feb 2022, 20:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Feb 2022, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/gadget/composite.c 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 4.6CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    < 5.10.92-2 | < 5.16.10-1 | < 5.16.10-1 | < 5.16.10-1

References (1)