CVE-2022-50179

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/06/2025
Last modified:
18/06/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb<br /> <br /> Syzbot reported use-after-free Read in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb() [0]. The<br /> problem was in incorrect htc_handle-&gt;drv_priv initialization.<br /> <br /> Probable call trace which can trigger use-after-free:<br /> <br /> ath9k_htc_probe_device()<br /> /* htc_handle-&gt;drv_priv = priv; */<br /> ath9k_htc_wait_for_target()

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