CVE-2022-50829
Published: Dec 30, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb() It is possible that skb is freed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg(), then usb_submit_urb() fails and we try to free skb again. It causes use-after-free bug. Moreover, if alloc_skb() fails, urb->context becomes NULL but rx_buf is not freed and there can be a memory leak. The patch removes unnecessary nskb and makes skb processing more clear: it is supposed that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees old skb or passes its managing to another callback function. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 3deff76095c4ac4252e27c537db3041f619c23a2 - < 5e8751a977a49a6e00cce1a8da5ca16da83f9c8caffected 3deff76095c4ac4252e27c537db3041f619c23a2 - < f127c2b4c967025e5c3a4ce7e13b79135d46a33daffected 3deff76095c4ac4252e27c537db3041f619c23a2 - < 0c8dd2ea4b419da96ab4953e4967e9363e2f8a4faffected 3deff76095c4ac4252e27c537db3041f619c23a2 - < 988bd27de2484faf17afe0408db2e3d9e5ac61fcaffected 3deff76095c4ac4252e27c537db3041f619c23a2 - < 98d9172822dc6f38138333941984bd759a89d419+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.0unaffected 0 - < 3.0unaffected 4.9.337 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*+6 more versions |
References
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