CVE-2022-48805

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—

7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: ax88179_178a: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup

ax88179_rx_fixup() contains several out-of-bounds accesses that can be triggered by a malicious (or defective) USB device, in particular:

The metadata array (hdr_off..hdr_off+2*pkt_cnt) can be out of bounds,

causing OOB reads and (on big-endian systems) OOB endianness flips.

A packet can overlap the metadata array, causing a later OOB

endianness flip to corrupt data used by a cloned SKB that has already been handed off into the network stack.

A packet SKB can be constructed whose tail is far beyond its end,

causing out-of-bounds heap data to be considered part of the SKB's data.

I have tested that this can be used by a malicious USB device to send a bogus ICMPv6 Echo Request and receive an ICMPv6 Echo Reply in response that contains random kernel heap data. It's probably also possible to get OOB writes from this on a little-endian system somehow - maybe by triggering skb_cow() via IP options processing -, but I haven't tested that.

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: 7.8(medium)
EPSS: 2.7%
KEV: Not listed

Published

July 16, 2024

Last Modified

March 6, 2025

References (16)

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1668781ed24da43498799aa4f65714a7de201930
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57bc3d3ae8c14df3ceb4e17d26ddf9eeab304581
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f0cfb36c1f1964a59ce544156677601e2d8740
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711b6bf3fb052f0a6b5b3205d50e30c0c2980382
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758290defe93a865a2880d10c5d5abd288b64b5d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9681823f96a811268265f35307072ad80713c274
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0fd5492ee769029a636f1fb521716b022b1423d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd0393adcdcefab7e131488e10dcfde5e02d6eb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1668781ed24da43498799aa4f65714a7de201930
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57bc3d3ae8c14df3ceb4e17d26ddf9eeab304581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63f0cfb36c1f1964a59ce544156677601e2d8740
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/711b6bf3fb052f0a6b5b3205d50e30c0c2980382
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758290defe93a865a2880d10c5d5abd288b64b5d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9681823f96a811268265f35307072ad80713c274
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0fd5492ee769029a636f1fb521716b022b1423d

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

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What is CVE-2022-48805?

CVE-2022-48805 is a high vulnerability published on July 16, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: ax88179_178a: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup ax88179rxfixup() contains several out-of-bounds accesses that can be triggered by a malicious (or defective) USB device, in particular: The metadata array…

When was CVE-2022-48805 disclosed?

CVE-2022-48805 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 16, 2024, with the most recent update on March 6, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2022-48805 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48805 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 2.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-48805?

CVE-2022-48805 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2022-48805?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-48805, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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