CVE-2022-50169

HIGH EPSS 11.1%
Published Jun 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jun 18, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi() The simple_write_to_buffer() function will succeed if even a single byte is initialized. However, we need to initialize the whole buffer to prevent information leaks. Just use memdup_user().

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-909

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.17  –  <4.14.291
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.256
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.211
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.137
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.61
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.19  –  <5.19.2

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cef
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cef
    Patch