# CVE-2022-50358: brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle

> A flaw in the brcmfmac driver causes a kernel panic when reading invalid flow ring data from the dongle, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50358, GHSA-pxjm-vgvf-9c27, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50358

## What is CVE-2022-50358?

CVE-2022-50358 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 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:

brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle

When firmware hit trap at initialization, host will read abnormal
max_flowrings number from dongle, and it will cause kernel panic when
doing iowrite to initialize dongle ring.
To detect this error at early stage, we directly return error when getting
invalid max_flowrings(>256).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50358?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50358?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50358 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50358 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-50358 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50358 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 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-2022-50358 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-2022-50358/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50358/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50358
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50358
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50358

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50358/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.