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CVE-2022-43750

kernel: memory corruption in usbmon driver

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 22, 2022

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw in the Linux kernel’s USB Monitor component was found in how a user with access to the /dev/usbmon can trigger it by an incorrect write to the memory of the usbmon. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write