High severity · published Feb 26, 2025
CVE-2022-49416
wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code
In ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_context(), when we have an
old context and the new context's replace_state is set to
IEEE80211_CHANCTX_REPLACE_NONE, we free the old context
in ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_reassign(). Therefore, we
cannot check the old_ctx anymore, so we should set it to
NULL after this point.
However, since the new_ctx replace state is clearly not
IEEE80211_CHANCTX_REPLACES_OTHER, we're not going to do
anything else in this function and can just return to
avoid accessing the freed old_ctx.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.17 before 4.9.318; 4.10 before 4.14.283; 4.15 before 4.19.247; 4.20 before 5.4.198; 5.5 before 5.10.121; 5.11 before 5.15.46; +2 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before 88cc8f963febe192d6ded9df7217f92f380b449a; 5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before 4ba81e794f0fad6234f644c2da1ae14d5b95e1c4; 5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before 9f1e5cc85ad77e52f54049a94db0407445ae2a34; 5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before 265bec4779a38b65e86a25120370f200822dfa76; 5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before 6118bbdf69f4718b02d26bbcf2e497eb66004331; 5bcae31d9cb1ebfad3ad5a3eea04c8cdc329a04f before b79110f2bf6022e60e590d2e094728a8eec3e79e; +4 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49416
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265bec4779a38b65e86a25120370f200822dfa76
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2965c4cdf7ad9ce0796fac5e57debb9519ea721e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ba81e794f0fad6234f644c2da1ae14d5b95e1c4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f05a9e15edcdf5b97e0d86ab6ecd5f187289f6c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6118bbdf69f4718b02d26bbcf2e497eb66004331
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c8e7bbdd06c7ed58e22450cc5b37f33a25bb2c
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