CVE-2022-2964 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Kernel

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write10 documents9 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux KernelRedhat Enterprise LinuxPaloalto Pan-os
Timeline
PublishedSep 9
Latest updateApr 15

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB 2.0/3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Devices. The vulnerability contains multiple out-of-bounds reads and possible out-of-bounds writes.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.20 — 5.4.180+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.103-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-234.268
▶CVEListV5linux/linux_kernelkernel 5.17
▶Palo Altopaloalto/pan-os

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2022-09-30
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GHSA
GHSA-fqwg-v36p-p5p4: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB 2↗2022-09-10
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CVEList
CVE-2022-2964: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB 2↗2022-09-09
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OSV
CVE-2022-2964: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB 2↗2022-09-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
CISA ICS
ABB M2M Gateway↗2025-04-15
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Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2024-0001 Informational Bulletin: Impact of OSS CVEs in PAN-OS↗2024-02-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2022-09-30
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Red Hat
kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device.↗2022-03-21
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Debian
CVE-2022-2964: linux - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based US...↗2022
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CVE-2022-2964 — Linux Kernel vulnerability | cvebase