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CVE-2022-41849drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.12 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free if a physically…
- 4.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220925133243.GA383897%40ubuntu/T/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221222 [SECURITY] [DLA 3244-1] linux-5.10 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221223 [SECURITY] [DLA 3245-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5610bcfe8693c02e2e4c8b31427f1bdbdecc839c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-45016 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-41849)Record last updated .