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CVE-2022-49022 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration Fix possible out-of-bound access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration routine as reported by the following UBSAN report: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/airtime.c:455:47 index 15 is out of range for type 'u16 [12]' CPU: 2 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:10 Not tainted 6.1.0-060100rc3-generic Hardware name: Acer Aspire TC-281/Aspire TC-281, BIOS R01-A2 07/18/2017 Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data [mt76_usb] Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x4e/0x61 dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f dump_stack+0x10/0x18 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x43 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47 ieee80211_get_rate_duration.constprop.0+0x22f/0x2a0 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x32e/0x640 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime+0xda/0x120 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime+0xb4/0x100 [mac80211] mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x266/0x480 [mt76x02_lib] mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x52/0x80 [mt76x02_lib] mt76u_tx_status_data+0x67/0xd0 [mt76_usb] process_one_work+0x225/0x400 worker_thread+0x50/0x3e0 ? process_one_work+0x400/0x400 kthread+0xe9/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20…

Severity
High
CVSS
7.8 (3.1)
Published
2024-10-21
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-129

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.1

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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