https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:22:36 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2022-50829 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()</p> <p>It is possible that skb is freed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg(), then usb_submit_urb() fails and we try to free skb again. It causes use-after-free bug. Moreover, if alloc_skb() fails, urb-&gt;context becomes NULL but rx_buf is not freed and there can be a memory leak.</p> <p>The patch removes unnecessary nskb and makes skb processing more clear: it is supposed that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees old skb or passes its managing to another callback function.</p> <p>Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb()</p> <p>It is possible that skb is freed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg(), then usb_submit_urb() fails and we try to free skb again. It causes use-after-free bug. Moreover, if alloc_skb() fails, urb-&gt;context becomes NULL but rx_buf is not freed and there can be a memory leak.</p> <p>The patch removes unnecessary nskb and makes skb processing more clear: it is supposed that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees old skb or passes its managing to another callback function.</p> <p>Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2022-50829