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CVE-2022-2964

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2964 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's driver for ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB Gigabit Ethernet Devices, affecting Linux, NetApp, and Red Hat products. This flaw involves multiple out-of-bounds reads and potential out-of-bounds writes, carrying a CVSS score of 7.8. While it has a high potential for impact (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.20, < 5.4.180CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 58th 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 (26)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.83.1.rt56.1228.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.83.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-425.10.1.rt7.220.el8_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-147.80.1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.98.1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.98.1.rt13.149.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.98.1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.98.1.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-305.76.1.rt7.148.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.76.1.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.46.1.el8_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.12.1.rt21.175.el9_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.12.1.el9_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-70.43.1.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.43.1.rt21.114.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kpatch-patch
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.46.1.el8_6
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-2964Important

kernel: memory corruption in AX88179_178A based USB ethernet device.

Mar 21, 2022

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230113-0001
Third Party Advisory