CVE-2022-43750 — drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin
drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory.
Published
2022-10-26T04:15:13.990
Last modified
2026-10-14T19:16:54.087
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c in usbmon in the Linux kernel before 5.19.15 and 6.x before 6.0.1 allows a user-space client to corrupt the monitor's internal memory.
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: 2022-10-26T04:15:13.990
- Last modified: 2026-10-14T19:16:54.087
09References
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.15
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.1
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a659d…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a659daf63d16aa883be42f3f34ff84235c30219…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00034.html
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.15
- cdn.kernel.org — https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.1
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a659d…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a659daf63d16aa883be42f3f34ff84235c30219…
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