CVE-2022-41850 Use after free in n/a
A race condition in the Linux kernel Roccat HID driver leads to a use-after-free, potentially allowing local attackers to execute code or escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-41850?
CVE-2022-41850 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
roccat_report_event in drivers/hid/hid-roccat.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in certain situations where a report is received while copying a report->value is in progress.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41850?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41850?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2022-41850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as AZL-11081, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41850, GHSA-hvrc-p628-rmrc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41850.