CVE-2022-49022 wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration
An out-of-bounds access in the Linux kernel Wi-Fi driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-49022?
CVE-2022-49022 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
Weakness: CWE-129
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49022?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49022?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-49022 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49022 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49022, GHSA-xwhx-3qqx-64m9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49022.