CVE-2022-49248

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-lib: fix uninitialized flag for AV/C deferred transaction AV/C deferred transaction was supported at a commit 00a7bb81c20f ("ALSA: firewire-lib: Add support for deferred transaction") while 'deferrable' flag can be uninitialized for non-control/notify AV/C transactions. UBSAN reports it: kernel: ================================================================================ kernel: UBSAN: invalid-load in /build/linux-aa0B4d/linux-5.15.0/sound/firewire/fcp.c:363:9 kernel: load of value 158 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' kernel: CPU: 3 PID: 182227 Comm: irq/35-firewire Tainted: P OE 5.15.0-18-generic #18-Ubuntu kernel: Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. AX370-Gaming 5/AX370-Gaming 5, BIOS F42b 08/01/2019 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: <IRQ> kernel: show_stack+0x52/0x58 kernel: dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x5f kernel: dump_stack+0x10/0x12 kernel: ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45 kernel: __ubsan_handle_load_invalid_value.cold+0x44/0x49 kernel: fcp_response.part.0.cold+0x1a/0x2b [snd_firewire_lib] kernel: fcp_response+0x28/0x30 [snd_firewire_lib] kernel: fw_core_handle_request+0x230/0x3d0 [firewire_core] kernel: handle_ar_packet+0x1d9/0x200 [firewire_ohci] kernel: ? handle_ar_packet+0x1d9/0x200 [firewire_ohci] kernel: ? transmit_complete_callback+0x9f/0x120 [firewire_core] kernel: ar_context_tasklet+0xa8/0x2e0 [firewire_ohci] kernel: tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0xea/0xf0 kernel: tasklet_action+0x22/0x30 kernel: __do_softirq+0xd9/0x2e3 kernel: ? irq_finalize_oneshot.part.0+0xf0/0xf0 kernel: do_softirq+0x75/0xa0 kernel: </IRQ> kernel: <TASK> kernel: __local_bh_enable_ip+0x50/0x60 kernel: irq_forced_thread_fn+0x7e/0x90 kernel: irq_thread+0xba/0x190 kernel: ? irq_thread_fn+0x60/0x60 kernel: kthread+0x11e/0x140 kernel: ? irq_thread_check_affinity+0xf0/0xf0 kernel: ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50 kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 kernel: </TASK> kernel: ================================================================================ This commit fixes the bug. The bug has no disadvantage for the non- control/notify AV/C transactions since the flag has an effect for AV/C response with INTERIM (0x0f) status which is not used for the transactions in AV/C general specification.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2025-02-26 07:01 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 05:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Details

Published

2025-02-26 07:01 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 05:17 UTC

Exploit probability

0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days

Weakness

CWE-908

Record status

Analyzed

Affected

• Linux Kernel < 4.9.311
• Linux Kernel < 4.14.276
• Linux Kernel < 4.19.238
• Linux Kernel < 5.4.189
• Linux Kernel < 5.10.110
• Linux Kernel < 5.15.33
• Linux Kernel < 5.16.19
• Linux Kernel < 5.17.2

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High