# CVE-2022-49471: rtw89: cfo: check mac_id to avoid out-of-bounds

> A missing bounds check in the rtw89 WiFi driver allows out-of-bounds memory access, potentially causing a system crash.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49471, GHSA-9262-x6ph-8rp3, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49471, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49471

## What is CVE-2022-49471?

CVE-2022-49471 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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:

rtw89: cfo: check mac_id to avoid out-of-bounds

Somehow, hardware reports incorrect mac_id and pollute memory. Check index
before we access the array.

  UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in rtw89/phy.c:2517:23
  index 188 is out of range for type 's32 [64]'
  CPU: 1 PID: 51550 Comm: irq/35-rtw89_pc Tainted: G           OE
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   show_stack+0x52/0x58
   dump_stack_lvl+0x4c/0x63
   dump_stack+0x10/0x12
   ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45
   __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49
   ? __alloc_skb+0x92/0x1d0
   rtw89_phy_cfo_parse+0x44/0x7f [rtw89_core]
   rtw89_core_rx+0x261/0x871 [rtw89_core]
   ? __alloc_skb+0xee/0x1d0
   rtw89_pci_napi_poll+0x3fa/0x4ea [rtw89_pci]
   __napi_poll+0x33/0x1a0
   net_rx_action+0x126/0x260
   ? __queue_work+0x217/0x4c0
   __do_softirq+0xd9/0x315
   ? disable_irq_nosync+0x10/0x10
   do_softirq.part.0+0x6d/0x90
   </IRQ>
   <TASK>
   __local_bh_enable_ip+0x62/0x70
   rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0x182/0x1a6 [rtw89_pci]
   irq_thread_fn+0x28/0x60
   irq_thread+0xc8/0x190
   ? irq_thread_fn+0x60/0x60
   kthread+0x16b/0x190
   ? irq_thread_check_affinity+0xe0/0xe0
   ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50
   ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
   </TASK>

Weakness: CWE-129 (Improper Validation of Array Index)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49471?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49471?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49471 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49471 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-2022-49471 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49471 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49471 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-2022-49471/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49471/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49471
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49471
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49471

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49471/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.