8.1

CVE-2022-49022: linux Improper Validation of Array Index

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49022DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49022
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49022 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Improper Validation of Array Index vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 7
RHSA-2023:2458SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1SUSE-SU-2024:4082-1SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1SUSE-SU-2024:4313-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac8021: fix possible oob access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration Fix possible out-of-bound access in ieee80211_get_rate_duration routine as reported by the following UBSAN report: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/mac80211/airtime.c:455:47 index 15 is out of range for type 'u16 [12]' CPU: 2 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:10 Not tainted 6.1.0-060100rc3-generic Hardware name: Acer Aspire TC-281/Aspire TC-281, BIOS R01-A2 07/18/2017 Workqueue: mt76 mt76u_tx_status_data [mt76_usb] Call Trace: <TASK> show_stack+0x4e/0x61 dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x6f dump_stack+0x10/0x18 ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x43 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x42/0x47 ieee80211_get_rate_duration.constprop.0+0x22f/0x2a0 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_tx_status_ext+0x32e/0x640 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_rx_airtime+0xda/0x120 [mac80211] ieee80211_calc_tx_airtime+0xb4/0x100 [mac80211] mt76x02_send_tx_status+0x266/0x480 [mt76x02_lib] mt76x02_tx_status_data+0x52/0x80 [mt76x02_lib] mt76u_tx_status_data+0x67/0xd0 [mt76_usb] process_one_work+0x225/0x400 worker_thread+0x50/0x3e0 ? process_one_work+0x400/0x400 kthread+0xe9/0x110 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu96 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ db3e1c40cf2f973fbdd52ae0b59a9472b1c04f4a, < 0184ede0ec61b9cd075babfaa45081b1bf322234 | ≥ db3e1c40cf2f973fbdd52ae0b59a9472b1c04f4a, < 59b54f0563b6546c94bdb6823d3b382c75407019 | ≥ db3e1c40cf2f973fbdd52ae0b59a9472b1c04f4a, < f0fcad4c7201ecfaa17357f4ce0c50b4708df22d | ≥ db3e1c40cf2f973fbdd52ae0b59a9472b1c04f4a, < 3e8f7abcc3473bc9603323803aeaed4ffcc3a2ab | 5.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.158 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.82 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.12 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5 | 6.1:rc6 | 6.1:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.12-1

3 vendors · 99 products

References

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