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CVE-2022-50508: wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: 2025-10-04 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power After 'commit ba45841ca5eb ("wifi: mt76: mt76x02: simplify struct mt76x02_rate_power")', mt76x02 relies on ht[0-7] rate_power data for vht mcs{0,7}, while it uses vth[0-1] rate_power for vht mcs {8,9}. Fix a possible out-of-bound access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power routine.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1abc51c945663bddebfa1beb9590ff5b250eb7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf425c5d7ef6fb4083c1e0d46440f886127b5ee5

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