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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2022-49022 json

wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53906

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration

Fix possible out-of-bound access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration routine as reported by the following UBSAN report:

UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/airtime.c:455:47 index 15 is out of range for type 'u16 [12]' CPU: 2 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:10 Not tainted 6.1.0-060100rc3-generic Hardware name: Acer Aspire TC-281/Aspire TC-281, BIOS R01-A2 07/18/2017 Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data [mt76_usb] Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x4e/0x61 dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f dump_stack+0x10/0x18 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x43 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47 ieee80211_get_rate_duration.constprop.0+0x22f/0x2a0 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x32e/0x640 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime+0xda/0x120 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime+0xb4/0x100 [mac80211] mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x266/0x480 [mt76x02_lib] mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x52/0x80 [mt76x02_lib] mt76u_tx_status_data+0x67/0xd0 [mt76_usb] process_one_work+0x225/0x400 worker_thread+0x50/0x3e0 ? process_one_work+0x400/0x400 kthread+0xe9/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 6.0.12, 6.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49022

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.37
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1028.33
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1026.29
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1029.34
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1034.41
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1016.21

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49022

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • bpftool RHEL 9 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:2458

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-default SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 5.3.18-150300.194.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1SUSE-SU-2024:4317-1SUSE-SU-2024:4313-1SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1SUSE-SU-2024:4082-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49022 updated cvss 7.1

kernel: wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +28 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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