CVE-2022-50784

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.2 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in iwlwifi MEI SKB Cloning

Title source: llm

Description

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

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812

Scores

EPSS 0.0016

EPSS Percentile 5.7%

Details

Status published

Products (10)

linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.0.16linux

linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux

Linux/Linux < 5.17

Linux/Linux 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 - 0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9

Linux/Linux 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 - 8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a

Linux/Linux 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35 - d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812

Linux/Linux 5.17

Linux/Linux 6.0.16 - 6.0.*

Linux/Linux 6.1.2 - 6.1.*

Linux/Linux 6.2

Published Dec 30, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026