CVE-2022-50358 — Improper Input Validation in Linux
Severity
4.2MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 17
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle
When firmware hit trap at initialization, host will read abnormal
max_flowrings number from dongle, and it will cause kernel panic when
doing iowrite to initialize dongle ring.
To detect this error at early stage, we directly return error when getting
invalid max_flowrings(>256).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.5 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9e37f045d5e7f33450515f237c2f6f6bfee137dd — 3cc9299036bdb647408e11e41de3eb1ff6d428cd+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-pxjm-vgvf-9c27: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle
When firmw↗2025-09-17
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50358: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle When firmwar↗2025-09-17