{"cve":"CVE-2022-50533","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:37.403","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:44.387","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: mlme: fix null-ptr deref on failed assoc\n\nIf association to an AP without a link 0 fails, then we crash in\ntracing because it assumes that either ap_mld_addr or link 0 BSS\nis valid, since we clear sdata->vif.valid_links and then don't\nadd the ap_mld_addr to the struct.\n\nSince we clear also sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr, keep a local copy of\nit and assign it earlier, before clearing valid_links, to fix\nthis.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a6a43aaf87180ec7425a2a90468e1b4d09a1ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb7743955a929e44b308cc3f63f8cc03873c1bee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c695dfba8dfb82dc7ace4f22be088916cbf621ca"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50533","score":0.00157,"percentile":0.04851,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}