# CVE-2022-50297: wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present

> A malicious USB device can cause a kernel crash in the ath9k driver by providing unexpected endpoint configurations, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-875w-rw5x-m6vf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50297

## What is CVE-2022-50297?

CVE-2022-50297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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:

wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present

The bug arises when a USB device claims to be an ATH9K but doesn't
have the expected endpoints. (In this case there was an interrupt
endpoint where the driver expected a bulk endpoint.) The kernel
needs to be able to handle such devices without getting an internal error.

usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 500 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493 usb_submit_urb+0xce2/0x1430 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493
Modules linked in:
CPU: 3 PID: 500 Comm: kworker/3:2 Not tainted 5.10.135-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
RIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xce2/0x1430 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493
Call Trace:
 ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_rx_urbs drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:908 [inline]
 ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_urbs+0x75e/0x1010 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1019
 ath9k_hif_usb_dev_init drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1109 [inline]
 ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x142/0x530 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1242
 request_firmware_work_func+0x12e/0x240 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1097
 process_one_work+0x9af/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2279
 worker_thread+0x61d/0x12f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2425
 kthread+0x3b4/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:313
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:299

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50297?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50297?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50297 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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-2022-50297 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-2022-50297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50297/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50297
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50297
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50297

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50297/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.