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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-49301 EUVD-2022-54926GHSA-7qg8-x5g2-p265

staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in usb_read8() and friends

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in usb_read8() and friends

When r8712_usbctrl_vendorreq() returns negative, 'data' in
usb_read{8,16,32} will not be initialized.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:643 [inline]
string+0x4ec/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806
va_format lib/vsprintf.c:1704 [inline]
pointer+0x18e6/0x1f70 lib/vsprintf.c:2443
vsnprintf+0x1a9b/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2810
vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158
vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256
dev_vprintk_emit+0x5ef/0x6d0 drivers/base/core.c:4604
dev_printk_emit+0x1dd/0x21f drivers/base/core.c:4615
__dev_printk+0x3be/0x440 drivers/base/core.c:4627
_dev_info+0x1ea/0x22f drivers/base/core.c:4673
r871xu_drv_init+0x1929/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:401
usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_set_configuration+0x37e9/0x3ed0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
usb_generic_driver_probe+0x13c/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
usb_probe_device+0x309/0x570 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
really_probe+0x6c7/0x1350 drivers/base/dd.c:621
__driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752
driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]
__device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899
bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427
__device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970
device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017
bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405
usb_new_device+0x1b91/0x2950 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2566
hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline]
hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5507 [inline]
port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5665 [inline]
hub_event+0x58e3/0x89e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5747
process_one_work+0xdb6/0x1820 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x10d0/0x2240 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x3c7/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Local variable data created at:
usb_read8+0x5d/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_ops.c:33
r8712_read8+0xa5/0xd0 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_io.c:29

KMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3cd92b1d85428b128503bfa7a250294c9ae00bd8

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.37 5.4.198

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.18.5-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.18.5-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-48.54 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1020.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1018.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1016.19 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1003.5 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1016.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1018.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-126.142 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1085.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1020.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1091.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1020.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1046.51 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1089.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1018.24~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1033.37 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1016.21~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1004.6 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1075.80 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1083.91 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1070.80 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1019.22~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1085.92~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1091.96~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-126.142~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1033.37~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1083.91~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1070.80~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1021.21 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1085.92+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1091.96+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1061.69 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1089.97+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
Show 17 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.205.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.205.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1

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