CVE-2022-48836 Input: aiptek - properly check endpoint type
A missing endpoint type check in the Linux kernel aiptek driver can cause a kernel warning and potential denial of service.
- 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-2022-48836?
CVE-2022-48836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: aiptek - properly check endpoint type
Syzbot reported warning in usb_submit_urb() which is caused by wrong endpoint type. There was a check for the number of endpoints, but not for the type of endpoint.
Fix it by replacing old desc.bNumEndpoints check with usb_find_common_endpoints() helper for finding endpoints
Fail log:
usb 5-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 48 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502 usb_submit_urb+0xed2/0x18a0 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:502 Modules linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 48 Comm: kworker/2:2 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6-syzkaller-00226-g07ebd38a0da2 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event ... Call Trace: <TASK> aiptek_open+0xd5/0x130 drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c:830 input_open_device+0x1bb/0x320 drivers/input/input.c:629 kbd_connect+0xfe/0x160 drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c:1593
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48836?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48836?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-48836 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48836 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48836, GHSA-2cmx-hh49-m5qp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48836.