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CVE-2022-39842

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.1 Published: 2022-09-05 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19. In pxa3xx_gcu_write in drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c, the count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an integer overflow and bypassing the size check. After that, because it is used as the third argument to copy_from_user(), a heap overflow may occur. NOTE: the original discoverer disputes that the overflow can actually happen.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux KernelDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-190

References