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GHSA-CJ76-M557-R94X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-30 12:30 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:30

Details

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

wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone

If cloning the SKB fails, don't try to use it, but rather return as if we should pass it.

Coverity CID: 1503456

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CVE-2022-50784 (GCVE-0-2022-50784)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:03 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:03

Title

wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone If cloning the SKB fails, don't try to use it, but rather return as if we should pass it. Coverity CID: 1503456

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b8e25073f3dab935…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0183b7c49cfdda912…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3df49dda431f7ae4…

Impacted products

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Product

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Linux

Affected: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 , < 8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a (git)
Affected: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 , < 0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9 (git)
Affected: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 , < d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812 (git)

Linux

Affected: 5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.16 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.2 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CJ76-M557-R94X

CVE-2022-50784 (GCVE-0-2022-50784)

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