{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-50297", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:18:36.812Z", "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:45:53.146Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:16:35.429Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:16:35.429Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present\n\nThe bug arises when a USB device claims to be an ATH9K but doesn't\nhave the expected endpoints. (In this case there was an interrupt\nendpoint where the driver expected a bulk endpoint.) The kernel\nneeds to be able to handle such devices without getting an internal error.\n\nusb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 3 != type 1\nWARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 500 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493 usb_submit_urb+0xce2/0x1430 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 3 PID: 500 Comm: kworker/3:2 Not tainted 5.10.135-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: events request_firmware_work_func\nRIP: 0010:usb_submit_urb+0xce2/0x1430 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:493\nCall Trace:\n ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_rx_urbs drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:908 [inline]\n ath9k_hif_usb_alloc_urbs+0x75e/0x1010 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1019\n ath9k_hif_usb_dev_init drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1109 [inline]\n ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb+0x142/0x530 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c:1242\n request_firmware_work_func+0x12e/0x240 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1097\n process_one_work+0x9af/0x1600 kernel/workqueue.c:2279\n worker_thread+0x61d/0x12f0 kernel/workqueue.c:2425\n kthread+0x3b4/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:313\n ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:299\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "932f0a5e829fb0b823f96d7fa9a0f4fc96660b77", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "d008a202a0528a058bac658e657c010ce8534f4a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "d64436af0bc3c9e579be761d7684f228fb95f3bb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "ca57748593ddd8e46d033fbaeb9d01ec533a6bfe", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "1824ccabee5445347b83642e4087cc2eca070343", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "c319196a0e34ed2e66d6f876f58d8d446335c2a7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "2d2eccf52ea0215c8d386b62af0b5fd4fc122bd5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "0b7e6d681e00a96cde2b32a15ffa70e1be2e3209", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fb9987d0f748c983bb795a86f47522313f701a08", "lessThan": "16ef02bad239f11f322df8425d302be62f0443ce", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", 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"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64436af0bc3c9e579be761d7684f228fb95f3bb" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca57748593ddd8e46d033fbaeb9d01ec533a6bfe" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1824ccabee5445347b83642e4087cc2eca070343" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c319196a0e34ed2e66d6f876f58d8d446335c2a7" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2eccf52ea0215c8d386b62af0b5fd4fc122bd5" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7e6d681e00a96cde2b32a15ffa70e1be2e3209" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ef02bad239f11f322df8425d302be62f0443ce" } ], "title": "wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }