8.8

CVE-2022-50732: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50732DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50732
Published 24-12-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50732 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx() We cannot dereference the "skb" pointer after calling ieee80211_monitor_rx(), because it is a use after free.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu121 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < 9c03db0ec84b7964a11b20706665c99a5fead332 | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < fdc62d31d50e4ce5d8f363fcb8299ba0e00ee6fd | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < a0df8d44b555ae09729d6533fd4532977563c7b9 | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < 288ada16a93aab5aa2ebea8190aafdb35b716854 | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < daa8045a991363ccdae5615d170f35aa1135e7a7 | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < b0aaec894a909c88117c8bda6c7c9b26cf7c744b | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < de174163c0d319ff06d622e79130a0017c8f5a6e | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < 73df1172bbcc8d45cd28e3b1a9ca2edb2f9f7ce6 | ≥ 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37, < bcc5e2dcf09089b337b76fc1a589f6ff95ca19ac | 2.6.33

3 vendors · 123 products

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