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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 14, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 14, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in usb_read8() and friends

When r8712_usbctrl_vendorreq() returns negative, 'data' in
usb_read{8,16,32} will not be initialized.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806
va_format lib/vsprintf.c:1704 [inline]
pointer+0x18e6/0x1f70 lib/vsprintf.c:2443
vsnprintf+0x1a9b/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2810
vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158
vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256
dev_vprintk_emit+0x5ef/0x6d0 drivers/base/core.c:4604
dev_printk_emit+0x1dd/0x21f drivers/base/core.c:4615
__dev_printk+0x3be/0x440 drivers/base/core.c:4627
_dev_info+0x1ea/0x22f drivers/base/core.c:4673
r871xu_drv_init+0x1929/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:401
usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_set_configuration+0x37e9/0x3ed0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x13c/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
usb_probe_device+0x309/0x570 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_new_device+0x1b91/0x2950 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2566
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5507 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
hub_event+0x58e3/0x89e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5747
process_one_work+0xdb6/0x1820 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x10d0/0x2240 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x3c7/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Local variable data created at:
usb_read8+0x5d/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_ops.c:33
r8712_read8+0xa5/0xd0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_io.c:29

KMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3cd92b1d85428b128503bfa7a250294c9ae00bd8

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 14, 2025
Last updated Apr 14, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(4th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49301

GHSA ID

GHSA-7qg8-x5g2-p265

Source code

No known source code

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