CVE-2022-48978

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.25%

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CVE-2022-48978 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: fix shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event. microsoft 0003:045E:07DA.0001: hid_field_extract() called with n (128) > 32! (swapper/0) ====================================================================== UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323:20 shift exponent 127 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-00159-g4bbf3422df78 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e3/0x2cb lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x3a6/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:322 snto32 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323 [inline] hid_input_fetch_field drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1572 [inline] hid_process_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1665 [inline] hid_report_raw_event+0xd56/0x18b0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1998 hid_input_report+0x408/0x4f0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2066 hid_irq_in+0x459/0x690 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:284 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x369/0x530 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1671 dummy_timer+0x86b/0x3110 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1988 call_timer_fn+0xf5/0x210 kernel/time/timer.c:1474 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline] __run_timers+0x76a/0x980 kernel/time/timer.c:1790 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1803 __do_softirq+0x277/0x75b kernel/softirq.c:571 __irq_exit_rcu+0xec/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:650 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:662 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107 ====================================================================== If the size of the integer (unsigned n) is bigger than 32 in snto32(), shift exponent will be too large for 32-bit type 'int', resulting in a shift-out-of-bounds bug. Fix this by adding a check on the size of the integer (unsigned n) in snto32(). To add support for n greater than 32 bits, set n to 32, if n is greater than 32.. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: fix shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event. microsoft 0003:045E:07DA.0001: hid_field_extract() called with n (128) > 32! (swapper/0) ====================================================================== UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323:20 shift exponent 127 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-00159-g4bbf3422df78 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e3/0x2cb lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x3a6/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:322 snto32 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323 [inline] hid_input_fetch_field drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1572 [inline] hid_process_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1665 [inline] hid_report_raw_event+0xd56/0x18b0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1998 hid_input_report+0x408/0x4f0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2066 hid_irq_in+0x459/0x690 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:284 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x369/0x530 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1671 dummy_timer+0x86b/0x3110 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1988 call_timer_fn+0xf5/0x210 kernel/time/timer.c:1474 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline] __run_timers+0x76a/0x980 kernel/time/timer.c:1790 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1803 __do_softirq+0x277/0x75b kernel/softirq.c:571 __irq_exit_rcu+0xec/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:650 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:662 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107 ====================================================================== If the size of the integer (unsigned n) is bigger than 32 in snto32(), shift exponent will be too large for 32-bit type 'int', resulting in a shift-out-of-bounds bug. Fix this by adding a check on the size of the integer (unsigned n) in snto32(). To add support for n greater than 32 bits, set n to 32, if n is greater than 32.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.25%

16.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 2.6.20, < 4.9.336
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 4.10, < 4.14.302
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 4.15, < 4.19.269
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 4.20, < 5.4.227
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.5, < 5.10.159
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.11, < 5.15.83
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.16, < 6.0.13
LinuxLinux Kernel6.1Rc1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-48978?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: fix shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event Syzbot reported shift-out-of-bounds in hid_report_raw_event. microsoft 0003:045E:07DA.0001: hid_field_extract() called with n (128) > 32! (swapper/0) ====================================================================== UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323:20 shift exponent 127 is too large for 32-bit type 'int' CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-00159-g4bbf3422df78 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e3/0x2cb lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:151 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x3a6/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:322 snto32 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1323 [inline] hid_input_fetch_field drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1572 [inline] hid_process_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1665 [inline] hid_report_raw_event+0xd56/0x18b0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:1998 hid_input_report+0x408/0x4f0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2066 hid_irq_in+0x459/0x690 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:284 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x369/0x530 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1671 dummy_timer+0x86b/0x3110 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:1988 call_timer_fn+0xf5/0x210 kernel/time/timer.c:1474 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline] __run_timers+0x76a/0x980 kernel/time/timer.c:1790 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1803 __do_softirq+0x277/0x75b kernel/softirq.c:571 __irq_exit_rcu+0xec/0x170 kernel/softirq.c:650 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:662 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1107 ====================================================================== If the size of the integer (unsigned n) is bigger than 32 in snto32(), shift exponent will be too large for 32-bit type 'int', resulting in a shift-out-of-bounds bug. Fix this by adding a check on the size of the integer (unsigned n) in snto32(). To add support for n greater than 32 bits, set n to 32, if n is greater than 32.
How severe is CVE-2022-48978?
CVE-2022-48978 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48978?
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Source: NVD / NIST