# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49022, GHSA-xwhx-3qqx-64m9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49022

## 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 (Improper Validation of Array Index)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49022?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49022?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## 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

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49022 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49022/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49022/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49022
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49022
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49022

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49022/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.