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CVE-2022-50413: wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-18 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free We've already freed the assoc_data at this point, so need to use another copy of the AP (MLD) address instead.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.0 before 6.0.3 — fixed in 6.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40fb87129049ec5876dabf4a4d4aed6642b31f1a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aebef10affe16228462af680b88751bf137e2856

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