A use-after-free vulnerability was found in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove in drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c in memstick in the Linux kernel.…

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove in drivers/memstick/host/rtsx_usb_ms.c in memstick in the Linux kernel. In this flaw, a local attacker with a user privilege may impact system Confidentiality. This flaw affects kernel versions prior to 5.14 rc1.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• CWE-416 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs

Affected products

• kernel

  • affected kernel 5.14 rc1

References (6)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044561 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42933c8aa14be1caa9eda41f65cde8a3a95d3e39 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2940-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20220309 [SECURITY] [DLA 2941-1] linux-4.19 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-5095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-5096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 2 Aug 2024, 23:32 UTC.