CVE-2022-30283 Race condition in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit a TOCTOU race condition in USB firmware to corrupt SMRAM and escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-30283?

CVE-2022-30283 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In UsbCoreDxe, tampering with the contents of the USB working buffer using DMA while certain USB transactions are in process leads to a TOCTOU problem that could be used by an attacker to cause SMRAM corruption and escalation of privileges The UsbCoreDxe module creates a working buffer for USB transactions outside of SMRAM. The code which uses can be inside of SMM, making the working buffer untrusted input. The buffer can be corrupted by DMA transfers. The SMM code code attempts to sanitize pointers to ensure all pointers refer to the working buffer, but when a pointer is not found in the list of pointers to sanitize, the current action is not aborted, leading to undefined behavior. This issue was discovered by Insyde engineering based on the general description provided by Intel's iSTARE group. Fixed in: Kernel 5.0: Version 05.09. 21 Kernel 5.1: Version 05.17.21 Kernel 5.2: Version 05.27.21 Kernel 5.3: Version 05.36.21 Kernel 5.4: Version 05.44.21 Kernel 5.5: Version 05.52.21 https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022063

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30283?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Insyde Kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-30283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-30283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-24pw-pfmp-w2w4.

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