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CVE-2022-49112

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.34 / 5.16.20 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: fix monitor mode crash with sdio driver mt7921s driver may receive frames with fragment buffers. If there is a CTS packet received in monitor mode, the payload is 10 bytes only and need 6 bytes header padding after RXD buffer. However, only RXD in the first linear buffer, if we pull buffer size RXD-size+6 bytes with skb_pull(), that would trigger "BUG_ON(skb->len < skb->data_len)" in __skb_pull(). To avoid the nonlinear buffer issue, enlarge the RXD size from 128 to 256 to make sure all MCU operation in linear buffer. [ 52.007562] kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2313! [ 52.007578] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 52.007987] pc : skb_pull+0x48/0x4c [ 52.008015] lr : mt7921_queue_rx_skb+0x494/0x890 [mt7921_common] [ 52.008361] Call trace: [ 52.008377] skb_pull+0x48/0x4c [ 52.008400] mt76s_net_worker+0x134/0x1b0 [mt76_sdio 35339a92c6eb7d4bbcc806a1d22f56365565135c] [ 52.008431] __mt76_worker_fn+0xe8/0x170 [mt76 ef716597d11a77150bc07e3fdd68eeb0f9b56917] [ 52.008449] kthread+0x148/0x3ac [ 52.008466] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 4.16, < 5.15.34>= 5.16, < 5.16.20>= 5.17, < 5.17.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.34 / 5.16.20 / 5.17.3 or later
Fixed in 5.15.345.16.205.17.3
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Kernel 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3 or later

  1. Check current kernel version with `uname -r` to confirm it is affected
  2. Backup important data before kernel upgrade
  3. Upgrade to kernel version 5.15.34 or later for the 5.15.y stable branch
  4. Alternatively, upgrade to kernel version 5.16.20 or later for the 5.16.y stable branch
  5. Alternatively, upgrade to kernel version 5.17.3 or later for the 5.17.y stable branch
  6. On Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-image-<version>`
  7. On RHEL/CentOS: `sudo yum install kernel-<version>`
  8. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
Caveat Standard kernel upgrade risks apply - ensure driver compatibility and backup data

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