CVE-2022-50533

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.0.16 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: mlme: fix null-ptr deref on failed assoc If association to an AP without a link 0 fails, then we crash in tracing because it assumes that either ap_mld_addr or link 0 BSS is valid, since we clear sdata->vif.valid_links and then don't add the ap_mld_addr to the struct. Since we clear also sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr, keep a local copy of it and assign it earlier, before clearing valid_links, to fix this.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-476
Status draft

Affected Products (3)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.0.16
linux/Kernel < 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.2linux

Timeline

Published Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026