CVE-2022-41849 — drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx
drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.
Published
2022-09-30T06:15:12.110
Last modified
2026-10-14T18:17:06.550
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically proximate attacker removes a USB device while calling open(), aka a race condition between ufx_ops_open and ufx_usb_disconnect.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2022-09-30T06:15:12.110
- Last modified: 2026-10-14T18:17:06.550
09References
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5610b…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- lore.kernel.org — https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220925133243.GA383897%40ubuntu/T/
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5610b…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- lore.kernel.org — https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220925133243.GA383897%40ubuntu/T/
- cert-portal.siemens.com — https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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