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CVE-2022-49031

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: health: afe4403: Fix oob read in afe4403_read_raw KASAN report out-of-bounds read as follows: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in afe4403_read_raw+0x42e/0x4c0 Read of size 4 at…

HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.24%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: health: afe4403: Fix oob read in afe4403_read_raw KASAN report out-of-bounds read as follows: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in afe4403_read_raw+0x42e/0x4c0 Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffc02ac638 by task cat/279 Call Trace: afe4403_read_raw iio_read_channel_info dev_attr_show The buggy address belongs to the variable: afe4403_channel_leds+0x18/0xffffffffffffe9e0 This issue can be reproduced by singe command: $ cat /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi0.0/iio\:device0/in_intensity6_raw The array size of afe4403_channel_leds is less than channels, so access with chan->address cause OOB read in afe4403_read_raw. Fix it by moving access before use it.

CVSS 3.1
7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.24% probability · 16th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.