CVE-2022-49934

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49934
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49934.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-49934
Related
Published
2025-06-18T11:15:19Z
Modified
2025-06-18T15:58:37.483151Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: Fix UAF in ieee80211scanrx()

ieee80211scanrx() tries to access scanreq->flags after a null check, but a UAF is observed when the scan is completed and _ieee80211scancompleted() executes, which then calls cfg80211scandone() leading to the freeing of scan_req.

Since scanreq is rcudereference()'d, prevent the racing in _ieee80211scancompleted() by ensuring that from mac80211's POV it is no longer accessed from an RCU read critical section before we call cfg80211scan_done().

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.148-1

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4
5.10.46-5
5.10.70-1~bpo10+1
5.10.70-1
5.10.84-1
5.10.92-1~bpo10+1
5.10.92-1
5.10.92-2
5.10.103-1~bpo10+1
5.10.103-1
5.10.106-1
5.10.113-1
5.10.120-1~bpo10+1
5.10.120-1
5.10.127-1
5.10.127-2~bpo10+1
5.10.127-2
5.10.136-1
5.10.140-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.19.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.19.11-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}