CVE-2022-50871

Linux Kernel 5.6-6.2 - Denial of Service via QMI Message Handler Initialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: Fix qmi_msg_handler data structure initialization qmi_msg_handler is required to be null terminated by QMI module. There might be a case where a handler for a msg id is not present in the handlers array which can lead to infinite loop while searching the handler and therefore out of bound access in qmi_invoke_handler(). Hence update the initialization in qmi_msg_handler data structure. Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01100-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.9%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 5.6.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 5.6
Linux/Linux 6.0.16 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.2 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d - a10e1530c424bb277b4edc7def0195857a548495
Linux/Linux d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d - d5d71de448f36e34592f7c81b5e300d3e8dbb735
Linux/Linux d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d - ed3725e15a154ebebf44e0c34806c57525483f92
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026