CVE-2022-50678

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix invalid address access when enabling SCAN log level The variable i is changed when setting random MAC address and causes invalid address access when printing the value of pi->reqs[i]->reqid. We replace reqs index with ri to fix the issue. [ 136.726473] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ 136.737365] Mem abort info: [ 136.740172] ESR = 0x96000004 [ 136.743359] Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 136.749294] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 136.752481] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 136.755635] Data abort info: [ 136.758514] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 136.762487] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 136.765522] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 000000005c4e2577 [ 136.772265] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000 [ 136.777160] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 136.782732] Modules linked in: brcmfmac(O) brcmutil(O) cfg80211(O) compat(O) [ 136.789788] Process wificond (pid: 3175, stack limit = 0x00000000053048fb) [ 136.796664] CPU: 3 PID: 3175 Comm: wificond Tainted: G O 4.19.42-00001-g531a5f5 #1 [ 136.805532] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8MQ EVK (DT) [ 136.810584] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO) [ 136.815429] pc : brcmf_pno_config_sched_scans+0x6cc/0xa80 [brcmfmac] [ 136.821811] lr : brcmf_pno_config_sched_scans+0x67c/0xa80 [brcmfmac] [ 136.828162] sp : ffff00000e9a3880 [ 136.831475] x29: ffff00000e9a3890 x28: ffff800020543400 [ 136.836786] x27: ffff8000b1008880 x26: ffff0000012bf6a0 [ 136.842098] x25: ffff80002054345c x24: ffff800088d22400 [ 136.847409] x23: ffff0000012bf638 x22: ffff0000012bf6d8 [ 136.852721] x21: ffff8000aced8fc0 x20: ffff8000ac164400 [ 136.858032] x19: ffff00000e9a3946 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 136.863343] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 [ 136.868655] x15: ffff0000093f3b37 x14: 0000000000000050 [ 136.873966] x13: 0000000000003135 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 136.879277] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff000009a61888 [ 136.884589] x9 : 000000000000000f x8 : 0000000000000008 [ 136.889900] x7 : 303a32303d726464 x6 : ffff00000a1f957d [ 136.895211] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffff00000e9a3942 [ 136.900523] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff0000012cead8 [ 136.905834] x1 : ffff0000012bf6d8 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 136.911146] Call trace: [ 136.913623] brcmf_pno_config_sched_scans+0x6cc/0xa80 [brcmfmac] [ 136.919658] brcmf_pno_start_sched_scan+0xa4/0x118 [brcmfmac] [ 136.925430] brcmf_cfg80211_sched_scan_start+0x80/0xe0 [brcmfmac] [ 136.931636] nl80211_start_sched_scan+0x140/0x308 [cfg80211] [ 136.937298] genl_rcv_msg+0x358/0x3f4 [ 136.940960] netlink_rcv_skb+0xb4/0x118 [ 136.944795] genl_rcv+0x34/0x48 [ 136.947935] netlink_unicast+0x264/0x300 [ 136.951856] netlink_sendmsg+0x2e4/0x33c [ 136.955781] __sys_sendto+0x120/0x19c

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-09 | Published 2025-12-09 | Updated 2025-12-09 | Assigner Linux

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References

git.kernel.org/...c/7ccb0529446ae68a8581916bfc95c353306d76ba

git.kernel.org/...c/1c12d47a9017a7745585b57b9b0fdc0d8c50978e

git.kernel.org/...c/56a0ac48634155d2b866b99fba7e1dd8df4e2804

git.kernel.org/...c/50e45034c5802cedbf5b707364ea76ace29ad984

git.kernel.org/...c/75995ce1c926ee87bf93d58977c766b4e7744715

git.kernel.org/...c/4d4dcfa6b4e85a878401f4fbae4cafc88cdcceb4

git.kernel.org/...c/826405a911473b6ee8bd2aa891cb2f03a13efa17

git.kernel.org/...c/aa666b68e73fc06d83c070d96180b9010cf5a960

cve.org (CVE-2022-50678)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50678)

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