{"cve":"CVE-2022-50709","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T11:15:51.080","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:02.687","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg()\n\nsyzbot is reporting uninit value at ath9k_htc_rx_msg() [1], for\nioctl(USB_RAW_IOCTL_EP_WRITE) can call ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() with\npkt_len = 0 but ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() uses\n__dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 32, GFP_ATOMIC) based on an assumption that\npkt_len is valid. As a result, ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() allocates skb\nwith uninitialized memory and ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is reading from\nuninitialized memory.\n\nSince bytes accessed by ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is not known until\nath9k_htc_rx_msg() is called, it would be difficult to check minimal valid\npkt_len at \"if (pkt_len > 2 * MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) {\" line in\nath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream().\n\nWe have two choices. One is to workaround by adding __GFP_ZERO so that\nath9k_htc_rx_msg() sees 0 if pkt_len is invalid. The other is to let\nath9k_htc_rx_msg() validate pkt_len before accessing. This patch chose\nthe latter.\n\nNote that I'm not sure threshold condition is correct, for I can't find\ndetails on possible packet length used by this protocol.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d2649b288b7b9484e3d4380c0d6c4720a17e473","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c485f4f2a64258acc5228e78ffb828c68d9e770","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4891a50f5ed8bfcb8f2a4b816b0676f398687783","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84242f15f911f34aec9b22f99d1e9bff19723dbe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9661724f6206bd606ecf13acada676a9975d230b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50709","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11947,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}