CVE-2022-3903

kernel: An invalid pipe direction in the mceusb driver cause the kernel to DOS

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.6

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 11, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

To mitigate this issue, prevent the mceusb module from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information about how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-843 · Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')