CVE-2022-3903 Denial of service in Kernel
A local attacker can cause a denial of service or system crash by attaching a malicious USB device to the Linux kernel's infrared transceiver driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-3903?
CVE-2022-3903 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An incorrect read request flaw was found in the Infrared Transceiver USB driver in the Linux kernel. This issue occurs when a user attaches a malicious USB device. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources, causing denial of service or potentially crashing the system.
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3903?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3903?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-3903 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3903 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3903, GHSA-wpp2-f4wp-vr8h, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3903.