# CVE-2022-3577: An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-10-20 · Updated: 2025-05-08

## Affected

- n/a Kernel: Linux kernel 5.19-rc1

## Description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Kid-friendly Wired Controller driver. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. It is in bigben_probe of drivers/hid/hid-bigbenff.c. The reason is incorrect assumption - bigben devices all have inputs. However, malicious devices can break this assumption, leaking to out-of-bound write.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fc4ef9d5724973193bfa5ebed181dba6de3a56db
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc.git/commit/?h=char-misc-next&id=9d64d2405f7d30d49818f6682acd0392348f0fdb
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=945a9a8e448b65bec055d37eba58f711b39f66f0

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