{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50179 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2022-50179 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50179 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-50179 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50179 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50179/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-50179","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50179/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-50179","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50179","GHSA-92cx-cg65-38vh","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50179"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the ath9k USB driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted USB packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb\n\nSyzbot reported use-after-free Read in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb() [0]. The\nproblem was in incorrect htc_handle-\u003edrv_priv initialization.\n\nProbable call trace which can trigger use-after-free:\n\nath9k_htc_probe_device()\n  /* htc_handle-\u003edrv_priv = priv; */\n  ath9k_htc_wait_for_target()      \u003c--- Failed\n  ieee80211_free_hw()\t\t   \u003c--- priv pointer is freed\n\n\u003cIRQ\u003e\n...\nath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb()\n  ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream()\n   RX_STAT_INC()\t\t\u003c--- htc_handle-\u003edrv_priv access\n\nIn order to not add fancy protection for drv_priv we can move\nhtc_handle-\u003edrv_priv initialization at the end of the\nath9k_htc_probe_device() and add helper macro to make\nall *_STAT_* macros NULL safe, since syzbot has reported related NULL\nderef in that macros [1]","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb","id":"CVE-2022-50179","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.","id":"CVE-2022-50180"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: rtw89: 8852a: rfk: fix div 0 exception","id":"CVE-2022-50178"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-06-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the ath9k USB driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted USB packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50179/"}