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CVE-2022-50716— wifi: ar5523: Fix use-after-free on ar5523_cmd() timed out

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Linux Linux
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于命令超时后释放后重用，可能导致任意代码执行。

AI Predicted 6.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.28% · P20

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Affected Version Matrix 20

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< c9ba3fbf6a488da6cad1d304c5234bd8d729eba3 affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 340524ae7b53a72cf5d9e7bd7790433422b3b12f affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 6447beefd21326a3f4719ec2ea511df797f6c820 affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 7360b323e0343ea099091d4ae09576dbe1f09516 affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 8af52492717e3538eba3f81d012b1476af8a89a6 affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 3eca9697c2f3905dea3ad2fc536ebaa1fbd735bd affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 601ae89375033ac4870c086e24ba03f235d38e55 affected
b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624< 9aef34e1ae35a87e5f6a22278c17823b7ce64c88 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2022-50716

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Vulnerability Title
wifi: ar5523: Fix use-after-free on ar5523_cmd() timed out
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ar5523: Fix use-after-free on ar5523_cmd() timed out syzkaller reported use-after-free with the stack trace like below [1]: [ 38.960489][ C3] ================================================================== [ 38.963216][ C3] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ar5523_cmd_tx_cb+0x220/0x240 [ 38.964950][ C3] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888048e03450 by task swapper/3/0 [ 38.966363][ C3] [ 38.967053][ C3] CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Not tainted 6.0.0-09039-ga6afa4199d3d-dirty #18 [ 38.968464][ C3] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-1.fc36 04/01/2014 [ 38.969959][ C3] Call Trace: [ 38.970841][ C3] <IRQ> [ 38.971663][ C3] dump_stack_lvl+0xfc/0x174 [ 38.972620][ C3] print_report.cold+0x2c3/0x752 [ 38.973626][ C3] ? ar5523_cmd_tx_cb+0x220/0x240 [ 38.974644][ C3] kasan_report+0xb1/0x1d0 [ 38.975720][ C3] ? ar5523_cmd_tx_cb+0x220/0x240 [ 38.976831][ C3] ar5523_cmd_tx_cb+0x220/0x240 [ 38.978412][ C3] __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x353/0x5b0 [ 38.979755][ C3] usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x385/0x430 [ 38.981266][ C3] dummy_timer+0x140c/0x34e0 [ 38.982925][ C3] ? notifier_call_chain+0xb5/0x1e0 [ 38.984761][ C3] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xb/0x60 [ 38.986242][ C3] ? lock_release+0x51c/0x790 [ 38.987323][ C3] ? _raw_read_unlock_irqrestore+0x37/0x70 [ 38.988483][ C3] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0xde/0x130 [ 38.989621][ C3] ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4a0/0x4a0 [ 38.990777][ C3] ? lock_acquire+0x472/0x550 [ 38.991919][ C3] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xb/0x60 [ 38.993138][ C3] ? lock_acquire+0x472/0x550 [ 38.994890][ C3] ? dummy_urb_enqueue+0x860/0x860 [ 38.996266][ C3] ? do_raw_spin_unlock+0x16f/0x230 [ 38.997670][ C3] ? dummy_urb_enqueue+0x860/0x860 [ 38.999116][ C3] call_timer_fn+0x1a0/0x6a0 [ 39.000668][ C3] ? add_timer_on+0x4a0/0x4a0 [ 39.002137][ C3] ? reacquire_held_locks+0x4a0/0x4a0 [ 39.003809][ C3] ? __next_timer_interrupt+0x226/0x2a0 [ 39.005509][ C3] __run_timers.part.0+0x69a/0xac0 [ 39.007025][ C3] ? dummy_urb_enqueue+0x860/0x860 [ 39.008716][ C3] ? call_timer_fn+0x6a0/0x6a0 [ 39.010254][ C3] ? cpuacct_percpu_seq_show+0x10/0x10 [ 39.011795][ C3] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x14/0x40 [ 39.013277][ C3] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x69/0x2b0 [ 39.014724][ C3] run_timer_softirq+0xb6/0x1d0 [ 39.016196][ C3] __do_softirq+0x1d2/0x9be [ 39.017616][ C3] __irq_exit_rcu+0xeb/0x190 [ 39.019004][ C3] irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 [ 39.020361][ C3] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8f/0xb0 [ 39.021965][ C3] </IRQ> [ 39.023237][ C3] <TASK> In ar5523_probe(), ar5523_host_available() calls ar5523_cmd() as below (there are other functions which finally call ar5523_cmd()): ar5523_probe() -> ar5523_host_available() -> ar5523_cmd_read() -> ar5523_cmd() If ar5523_cmd() timed out, then ar5523_host_available() failed and ar5523_probe() freed the device structure. So, ar5523_cmd_tx_cb() might touch the freed structure. This patch fixes this issue by canceling in-flight tx cmd if submitted urb timed out.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于命令超时后释放后重用，可能导致任意代码执行。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux b7d572e1871df06a96a1c9591c71c5494ff6b624 ~ c9ba3fbf6a488da6cad1d304c5234bd8d729eba3 -
Linux Linux 3.8 -

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Other References for CVE-2022-50716 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-12-24 · 322 CVEs total

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CVE-2022-50717 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag
CVE-2025-68741 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: qla2xxx: Fix improper freeing of purex item
CVE-2025-68359 9.8 CRITICAL btrfs: fix double free of qgroup record after failure to add delayed ref head
CVE-2025-68726 9.8 CRITICAL crypto: aead - Fix reqsize handling
CVE-2025-68745 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: qla2xxx: Clear cmds after chip reset
CVE-2023-54090 9.8 CRITICAL ixgbe: Fix panic during XDP_TX with > 64 CPUs
CVE-2023-53867 9.8 CRITICAL ceph: fix potential use-after-free bug when trimming caps
CVE-2023-54094 9.8 CRITICAL net: prevent skb corruption on frag list segmentation
CVE-2023-53996 9.3 CRITICAL x86/sev: Make enc_dec_hypercall() accept a size instead of npages
CVE-2023-54043 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Do not add the same hwpt to the ioas->hwpt_list twice
CVE-2023-54040 8.8 HIGH ice: fix wrong fallback logic for FDIR
CVE-2023-54060 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Set end correctly when doing batch carry
CVE-2022-50732 8.8 HIGH staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()
CVE-2023-54071 8.8 HIGH wifi: rtw88: use work to update rate to avoid RCU warning
CVE-2025-68736 8.8 HIGH landlock: Fix handling of disconnected directories
CVE-2023-54092 8.8 HIGH KVM: s390: pv: fix index value of replaced ASCE
CVE-2023-54120 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hidp_session_thread
CVE-2023-53986 8.6 HIGH mips: bmips: BCM6358: disable RAC flush for TP1
CVE-2022-50746 8.4 HIGH erofs: validate the extent length for uncompressed pclusters

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