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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-4662 json

A flaw incorrect access control in the Linux kernel USB core subsystem was found in the way user attaches usb device.

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2022-51986

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw incorrect access control in the Linux kernel USB core subsystem was found in the way user attaches usb device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.19.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4662

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-201.212
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-136.153
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-57.63
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1147.159
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1093.101
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.31
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.106
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1026.33

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4662

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2023:2148RHSA-2023:2736RHSA-2023:2951

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +6 more 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, Manager Server 4.3 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1

  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.92.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-12108

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-4662 updated cvss 4.3

kernel: Recursive locking violation in usb-storage that can cause the kernel to deadlock

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2951
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2951
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2736
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2148
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2736
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2148
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-10 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP BIOS

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-166-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP Linux Kernel

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Kernel
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-455 Non-exit on Failed Initialization
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References

Sources

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