{"id":"CVE-2022-49876","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"wifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n\nWhen device is running and the interface status is changed, the gpf issue\nis triggered. The problem triggering process is as follows:\nThread A:                           Thread B\nieee80211_runtime_change_iftype()   process_one_work()\n    ...                                 ...\n    ieee80211_do_stop()                 ...\n    ...                                 ...\n        sdata->bss = NULL               ...\n        ...                             ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n                                            ieee80211_multicast_to_unicast\n                                    //!sdata->bss->multicast_to_unicast\n                                      cause gpf issue\n\nWhen the interface status is changed, the sending queue continues to send\npackets. After the bss is set to NULL, the bss is accessed. As a result,\nthis causes a general-protection-fault issue.\n\nThe following is the stack information:\ngeneral protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n0xdffffc000000002f: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000178-0x000000000000017f]\nWorkqueue: mld mld_ifc_work\nRIP: 0010:ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x25b/0x1310\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x1be/0x990\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x2c9a/0x3b60\nip6_finish_output2+0xf92/0x1520\nip6_finish_output+0x6af/0x11e0\nip6_output+0x1ed/0x540\nmld_sendpack+0xa09/0xe70\nmld_ifc_work+0x71c/0xdb0\nprocess_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710\nworker_thread+0x665/0x1080\nkthread+0x2e4/0x3a0\nret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n</TASK>","publishedAt":"2025-05-01T14:10:25.040Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:08:27.233Z","severity":{"score":5.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3","status":"affected","lessThan":"03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3","status":"affected","lessThan":"780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/tx.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/tx.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a"],"weaknesses":["CWE-476"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49876.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49876","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-05-01T14:10:25.040Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:08:27.233Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-05-01T14:05:17.238Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"wifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix general-protection-fault in ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n\nWhen device is running and the interface status is changed, the gpf issue\nis triggered. The problem triggering process is as follows:\nThread A:                           Thread B\nieee80211_runtime_change_iftype()   process_one_work()\n    ...                                 ...\n    ieee80211_do_stop()                 ...\n    ...                                 ...\n        sdata->bss = NULL               ...\n        ...                             ieee80211_subif_start_xmit()\n                                            ieee80211_multicast_to_unicast\n                                    //!sdata->bss->multicast_to_unicast\n                                      cause gpf issue\n\nWhen the interface status is changed, the sending queue continues to send\npackets. After the bss is set to NULL, the bss is accessed. As a result,\nthis causes a general-protection-fault issue.\n\nThe following is the stack information:\ngeneral protection fault, probably for non-canonical address\n0xdffffc000000002f: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000178-0x000000000000017f]\nWorkqueue: mld mld_ifc_work\nRIP: 0010:ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x25b/0x1310\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x1be/0x990\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x2c9a/0x3b60\nip6_finish_output2+0xf92/0x1520\nip6_finish_output+0x6af/0x11e0\nip6_output+0x1ed/0x540\nmld_sendpack+0xa09/0xe70\nmld_ifc_work+0x71c/0xdb0\nprocess_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710\nworker_thread+0x665/0x1080\nkthread+0x2e4/0x3a0\nret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n</TASK>"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3","status":"affected","lessThan":"03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9","versionType":"git"},{"version":"f856373e2f31ffd340e47e2b00027bd4070f74b3","status":"affected","lessThan":"780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/tx.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mac80211/tx.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03eb68c72cee249aeb7af7d04a83c033aca3d6d9"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780854186946e0de2be192ee7fa5125666533b3a"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:08:27.233Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.0.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.19","versionEndExcluding":"6.1"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2025-10-01T16:03:03.883481Z","id":"CVE-2022-49876","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-476","type":"CWE","lang":"en","description":"CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-10-01T16:03:06.241Z"}}]}}}