CVE-2022-50179

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

18/06/2025

Last modified:

20/11/2025

Description

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

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.35 (including)	4.14.291 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.256 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.211 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.137 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.61 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	5.18.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.19 (including)	5.19.2 (excluding)

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CVE-2022-50179

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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