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CVE-2022-50735
CVE-2022-50735: reported vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- -
- EPSS
- 11.87%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- -
What is known
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: do not run mt76u_status_worker if the device is not running Fix the following NULL pointer dereference avoiding to run mt76u_status_worker thread if the device is not running yet. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] CPU: 0 PID: 98 Comm: kworker/u2:2 Not tainted 5.14.0+ #78 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data RIP: 0010:mt76x02_mac_fill_tx_status.isra.0+0x82c/0x9e0 Code: c5 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 94 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4d 8b 34 24 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 89 01 00 00 41 8b 16 41 0f b7 RSP: 0018:ffffc900005af988 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc900005afae8 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff832fc661 RDI: ffffc900005afc2a RBP: ffffc900005afae0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520000b5f3c R10: 0000000000000003 R11: fffff520000b5f3b R12: ffff88810b6132d8 R13: 000000000000ffff R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc900005afc28 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811aa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa0eda6a000 CR3: 0000000118f17000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x1d2/0xeb0 mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x8e/0xd0 mt76u_tx_status_data+0xe1/0x240 process_one_work+0x92b/0x1460 worker_thread+0x95/0xe00 kthread+0x3a1/0x480 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Modules linked in: --[ end trace 8df5d20fc5040f65 ]-- RIP: 0010:mt76x02_mac_fill_tx_status.isra.0+0x82c/0x9e0 Code: c5 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 94 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4d 8b 34 24 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 89 01 00 00 41 8b 16 41 0f b7 RSP: 0018:ffffc900005af988 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc900005afae8 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff832fc661 RDI: ffffc900005afc2a RBP: ffffc900005afae0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520000b5f3c R10: 0000000000000003 R11: fffff520000b5f3b R12: ffff88810b6132d8 R13: 000000000000ffff R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc900005afc28 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811aa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa0eda6a000 CR3: 0000000118f17000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Moreover move stat_work schedule out of the for loop.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2022-50735, a reported vulnerability affecting the affected product, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether the affected product is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.