FKIE_CVE-2022-3903

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-14 21:15 - Updated: 2025-04-30 20:15
Severity ?
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/CAB7eexLLApHJwZfMQ=X-PtRhw0BgO+5KcSMS05FNUYejJXqtSA%40mail.gmail.com/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/E1obysd-009Grw-He%40www.linuxtv.org/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAB7eexLLApHJwZfMQ=X-PtRhw0BgO+5KcSMS05FNUYejJXqtSA%40mail.gmail.com/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/all/E1obysd-009Grw-He%40www.linuxtv.org/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel 6.1
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