CVE-2022-3577

HIGH

Linux kernel's Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver < - Memory Corr...

Title source: llm

Description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. It is in bigben_probe of drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c. The reason is incorrect assumption - bigben devices all have inputs. However, malicious devices can break this assumption, leaking to out-of-bound write.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401 CWE-787
Status published

Affected Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.4.198
linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published Oct 20, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026