CVE-2022-49416

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability27. percentile0.3%
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedFeb 26, 2025
First seenFeb 26, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.17 ≤ v < 4.9.318, 4.10 ≤ v < 4.14.283, 4.15 ≤ v < 4.19.247, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.198, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.121, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.46, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.17.14, 5.18 ≤ v < 5.18.34.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3

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CVE-2022-49416 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar