{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-49876", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-05-01T14:05:17.238Z", "datePublished": "2025-05-01T14:10:25.040Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:08:27.233Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:08:27.233Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n\nWhen device is running and the interface status is changed, the gpf issue\nis triggered. The problem triggering process is as follows:\nThread A: Thread B\nieee80211_runtime_change_iftype() process_one_work()\n ... ...\n ieee80211_do_stop() ...\n ... ...\n sdata->bss = NULL ...\n ... ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n ieee80211_multicast_to_unicast\n //!sdata->bss->multicast_to_unicast\n cause gpf issue\n\nWhen the interface status is changed, the sending queue continues to send\npackets. After the bss is set to NULL, the bss is accessed. As a result,\nthis causes a general-protection-fault issue.\n\nThe following is the stack information:\ngeneral protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n0xdffffc000000002f: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000178-0x000000000000017f]\nWorkqueue: mld mld_ifc_work\nRIP: 0010:ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x25b/0x1310\nCall Trace:\n\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x1be/0x990\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x2c9a/0x3b60\nip6_finish_output2+0xf92/0x1520\nip6_finish_output+0x6af/0x11e0\nip6_output+0x1ed/0x540\nmld_sendpack+0xa09/0xe70\nmld_ifc_work+0x71c/0xdb0\nprocess_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710\nworker_thread+0x665/0x1080\nkthread+0x2e4/0x3a0\nret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n" } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/mac80211/tx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3", "lessThan": "03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3", "lessThan": "780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/mac80211/tx.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.19", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.0.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a" } ], "title": "wifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-476", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference" } ] } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "timestamp": "2025-10-01T16:03:03.883481Z", "id": "CVE-2022-49876", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T16:03:06.241Z" } } ] } }