CVE-2022-50627 — Improper Handling of Structural Elements in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 8
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix monitor mode bringup crash
When the interface is brought up in monitor mode, it leads
to NULL pointer dereference crash. This crash happens when
the packet type is extracted for a SKB. This extraction
which is present in the received msdu delivery path,is
not needed for the monitor ring packets since they are
all RAW packets. Hence appending the flags with
"RX_FLAG_ONLY_MONITOR" to skip that extraction.
Obse…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxd5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d — d6ea1ca1d456bb661e5a9d104e69d2c261161115+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2022-50627: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix monitor mode bringup crash When the interface is brought up in m↗2025-12-08
GHSA▶
GHSA-qr5m-r7jf-6jc5: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath11k: fix monitor mode bringup crash
When the interface is brought up in↗2025-12-08