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CVE-2022-28390

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28390 is a high-severity double free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ems_usb_start_xmit function, affecting versions through 5.17.1, including Debian, Fedora, and NetApp products. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.32, <= 5.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18454-16820Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18720-16823Fixed in: 5.15.37.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.37.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.37.1-2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 kernel 5.10.111.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: -
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2022-Apr/CVE-2022-28390Important

ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.17.1 has a double free.

Apr 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-28390Moderate

kernel: double free in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c

Apr 4, 2022

References

github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/c70222752228a62135cee3409dccefd494a24646
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IHHC455LMSJNG4CSZ5CEAHYWY2DE5YW
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LAWC35TO642FOP3UCA3C6IF7NAUFOVZ6
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XFMPUI3WI4U2F7ONHRW36WDY4ZE7LGGT
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220513-0001
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5127
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5173
Third Party Advisory