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usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers The syzbot fuzzer reported a minor bug in the usbtmc driver: usb 5-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80001e80 doesn't match bRequestType 0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:412 usb_submit_urb+0x13a5/0x1970 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 Comm: syz-executor122 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-syzkaller-00306-g2293be58d6a1 #0 ... Call Trace: usb_start_wait_urb+0x113/0x530 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x2a5/0x4b0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 usbtmc_ioctl_request drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c:1947 [inline] The problem is that usbtmc_ioctl_request() uses usb_rcvctrlpipe() for all of its transfers, whether they are in or out. It's easy to fix.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.108, 5.15.31, 5.16.17, 5.4.187
CVEs
CVE-2022-48834
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 02:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jul 2024, 12:25 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: usbtmc: Fix bug in pipe direction for control transfers The syzbot fuzzer reported a minor bug in the usbtmc driver: usb 5-1: BOGUS control dir, pipe 80001e80 doesn't match bRequestType 0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:412 usb_submit_urb+0x13a5/0x1970 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:410 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 3813 Comm: syz-executor122 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-syzkaller-00306-g2293be58d6a1 #0 ... Call Trace: usb_start_wait_urb+0x113/0x530 drivers/usb/core/message.c:58 usb_internal_control_msg drivers/usb/core/message.c:102 [inline] usb_control_msg+0x2a5/0x4b0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:153 usbtmc_ioctl_request drivers/usb/class/usbtmc.c:1947 [inline] The problem is that usbtmc_ioctl_request() uses usb_rcvctrlpipe() for all of its transfers, whether they are in or out. It's easy to fix.

osv:CVE-2022-48834

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.4.187, 5.10.108, 5.15.31, 5.16.17

Complete source record
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