CVE-2022-50881 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.0HIGH
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 92.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect()
This patch fixes a use-after-free in ath9k that occurs in
ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect() when ath9k_destroy_wmi() is trying to access
'drv_priv' that has already been freed by ieee80211_free_hw(), called by
ath9k_htc_hw_deinit(). The patch moves ath9k_destroy_wmi() before
ieee80211_free_hw(). Note that urbs from the driver should be killed
before freeing 'wmi' with ath9…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxabeaa85054ff8cfe8b99aafc5c70ea067e5d0908 — 99ff971b62e5bd5dee65bbe9777375206f5db791+12
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2022-50881: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect() This patch fixes a u↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-wwq2-v7qh-cg3r: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect()
This patch fixes a↗2025-12-30