CVE-2022-3239: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel video4linux driver was found in the way user triggers em28xx_usb_probe() for the Empia 28xx based TV cards. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.15, before 4.14.295 (fixed in 4.14.295); from 4.15, before 4.19.238 (fixed in 4.19.238); from 4.20, before 5.4.189 (fixed in 5.4.189); from 5.5, before 5.10.110 (fixed in 5.10.110); from 5.11, before 5.15.33 (fixed in 5.15.33); from 5.16, before 5.16.19 (fixed in 5.16.19); …

Published 2022-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.