{"cve":"CVE-2022-50735","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:00.187","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:05.340","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: do not run mt76u_status_worker if the device is not running\n\nFix the following NULL pointer dereference avoiding to run\nmt76u_status_worker thread if the device is not running yet.\n\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range\n[0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\nCPU: 0 PID: 98 Comm: kworker/u2:2 Not tainted 5.14.0+ #78 Hardware\nname: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data\nRIP: 0010:mt76x02_mac_fill_tx_status.isra.0+0x82c/0x9e0\nCode: c5 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 94 01 00 00\n48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4d 8b 34 24 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f>\nb6\n04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 89 01 00 00 41 8b 16 41 0f b7\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900005af988 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc900005afae8 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff832fc661 RDI: ffffc900005afc2a\nRBP: ffffc900005afae0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520000b5f3c\nR10: 0000000000000003 R11: fffff520000b5f3b R12: ffff88810b6132d8\nR13: 000000000000ffff R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc900005afc28\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811aa00000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007fa0eda6a000 CR3: 0000000118f17000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x1d2/0xeb0\n mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x8e/0xd0\n mt76u_tx_status_data+0xe1/0x240\n process_one_work+0x92b/0x1460\n worker_thread+0x95/0xe00\n kthread+0x3a1/0x480\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\nModules linked in:\n--[ end trace 8df5d20fc5040f65 ]--\nRIP: 0010:mt76x02_mac_fill_tx_status.isra.0+0x82c/0x9e0\nCode: c5 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 94 01 00 00\n48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4d 8b 34 24 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f>\nb6\n04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 89 01 00 00 41 8b 16 41 0f b7\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900005af988 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc900005afae8 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff832fc661 RDI: ffffc900005afc2a\nRBP: ffffc900005afae0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffff520000b5f3c\nR10: 0000000000000003 R11: fffff520000b5f3b R12: ffff88810b6132d8\nR13: 000000000000ffff R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffc900005afc28\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811aa00000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007fa0eda6a000 CR3: 0000000118f17000 CR4: 0000000000750ef0\nPKRU: 55555554\n\nMoreover move stat_work schedule out of the for loop.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fdd84a89b121b761dbfb8a196356e007376ca4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69346de0eb956fb92949b9473de4647d9c34a54f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd5dac7ced5a7c9faa4dc468ac9560c3256df845","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5ac749a0b21beee55d87d0b05de36976b22dff9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50735","score":0.00244,"percentile":0.15676,"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."]}