CVE-2022-41849
Moderate
CVE-2022-41849
drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
September 30, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-41849
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drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5610bcfe8693c02e2e4c8b31427f1bdbdecc839c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220925133243.GA383897%40ubuntu/T/