CVE-2022-49937: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mceusb: Use new usb_control_msg_*() routines Automatic kernel fuzzing led to a WARN…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.15%

4.8th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mceusb: Use new usb_control_msg_*() routines Automatic kernel fuzzing led to a WARN about invalid pipe direction in the mceusb driver: ------------[ cut here ]------------ usb 6-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80000380 doesn't match bRequestType 40 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2465 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 usb_submit_urb+0x1326/0x1820 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 2465 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc4-00208-g69cb6c6556ad #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0x1326/0x1820 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Code: 7c 24 40 e8 ac 23 91 fd 48 8b 7c 24 40 e8 b2 70 1b ff 45 89 e8 44 89 f1 4c 89 e2 48 89 c6 48 c7 c7 a0 30 a9 86 e8 48 07 11 02 0b e9 1c f0 ff ff e8 7e 23 91 fd 0f b6 1d 63 22 83 05 31 ff 41 RSP: 0018:ffffc900032becf0 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881100f3058 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffffc90004961000 RSI: ffff888114c6d580 RDI: fffff52000657d90 RBP: ffff888105ad90f0 R08: ffffffff812c3638 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000005 R11: ffffed1023504ef1 R12: ffff888105ad9000 R13: 0000000000000040 R14: 0000000080000380 R15: ffff88810ba96500 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811a800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ffe810bda58 CR3: 000000010b720000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: usb_start_wait_urb+0x101/0x4c0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x31c/0x4a0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 mceusb_gen1_init drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c:1431 [inline] mceusb_dev_probe+0x258e/0x33f0 drivers/media/rc/mceusb.c:1807 The reason for the warning is clear enough; the driver sends an unusual read request on endpoint 0 but does not set the USB_DIR_IN bit in the bRequestType field. More importantly, the whole situation

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 5.19.11-1 (bookworm)	linux 5.19.11-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= 66e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade < 587f793c64d99d92be8ef01c4c69d885a3f2edb6	587f793c64d99d92be8ef01c4c69d885a3f2edb6
linux	linux	>= 66e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade < 75913c562f5ba4cf397d835c63f443879167c6f6	75913c562f5ba4cf397d835c63f443879167c6f6
linux	linux	>= 66e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade < d69c738ac9310b56e84c51c8f09fc018a8291bc6	d69c738ac9310b56e84c51c8f09fc018a8291bc6
linux	linux	>= 66e89522aff70fb2701ba8f6845fdcd365dd2ade < 608e58a0f4617977178131f5f68a3fce1d3f5316	608e58a0f4617977178131f5f68a3fce1d3f5316
linux	linux_kernel	< 5.10.142	5.10.142
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.10.148-1	5.10.148-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.19.11-1	5.19.11-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.19.11-1	5.19.11-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.19.11-1	5.19.11-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11 < 5.15.66	5.15.66
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16 < 5.19.8	5.19.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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