# CVE-2022-50361: wifi: wilc1000: add missing unregister_netdev() in wilc_netdev_ifc_init()

> A missing unregister_netdev call in the wilc1000 WiFi driver error path causes a kernel BUG and system crash when workqueue allocation fails.

- **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:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50361, GHSA-h5ff-9294-whpm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50361

## What is CVE-2022-50361?

CVE-2022-50361 is a medium-severity 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:

wifi: wilc1000: add missing unregister_netdev() in wilc_netdev_ifc_init()

Fault injection test reports this issue:

kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:10731!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  wilc_netdev_ifc_init+0x19f/0x220 [wilc1000 884bf126e9e98af6a708f266a8dffd53f99e4bf5]
  wilc_cfg80211_init+0x30c/0x380 [wilc1000 884bf126e9e98af6a708f266a8dffd53f99e4bf5]
  wilc_bus_probe+0xad/0x2b0 [wilc1000_spi 1520a7539b6589cc6cde2ae826a523a33f8bacff]
  spi_probe+0xe4/0x140
  really_probe+0x17e/0x3f0
  __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170
  driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120

The root case here is alloc_ordered_workqueue() fails, but
cfg80211_unregister_netdevice() or unregister_netdev() not be called in
error handling path. To fix add unregister_netdev goto lable to add the
unregister operation in error handling path.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50361?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50361?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50361 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50361 is a medium-severity 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-2022-50361 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-2022-50361/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50361/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50361
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50361
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50361

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50361/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.