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CVE-2022-25375 json

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.10.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-30046

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.10. The RNDIS USB gadget lacks validation of the size of the RNDIS_MSG_SET command. Attackers can obtain sensitive information from kernel memory.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 5.16.10
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.16.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25375

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-184.194
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-117.132
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1133.143
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.12

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25375

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.0, Real Time Module 15 SP2 5.3.18-150200.79.2
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP2 5.3.18-150200.79.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP2 5.3.18-150200.79.2
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP2 5.3.18-150200.79.2
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.1, Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.79.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.79.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.79.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP3 5.3.18-150300.79.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1257-1SUSE-SU-2022:0763-1SUSE-SU-2022:0760-1SUSE-SU-2022:0759-1SUSE-SU-2022:0755-1

  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-preempt openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 15.3 5.3.18-150300.59.54.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2022:0760-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0755-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.26.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-8656

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25375 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: information disclosure in drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input
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