CVE-2023-22999

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c misinterprets the dwc3_qcom_create_urs_usb_platdev return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b52fe2dbb3e655eb1483000adfab68a219549e13

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-02-28

Updated: 2023-03-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H