CVE-2022-49416
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk25th percentile - higher than 25% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel's mac80211 module, a use-after-free was found in channel context (chanctx) code. After freeing the old context in ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_reassign(), further referencing it leads to UAF.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability could lead to a system crash or potentially privilege escalation in wireless environments, especially during channel switching.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that sets old_ctx to NULL after freeing and returns early to avoid accessing freed memory.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code In ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_context(), when we have an old context and the new context's replace_state is set to IEEE80211_CHANCTX_REPLACE_NONE, we free the old context in ieee80211_vif_use_reserved_reassign(). Therefore, we cannot check the old_ctx anymore, so we should set it to NULL after this point. However, since the new_ctx replace state is clearly not IEEE80211_CHANCTX_REPLACES_OTHER, we're not going to do anything else in this function and can just return to avoid accessing the freed old_ctx.

