CVE-2022-49533

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: Change max no of active probe SSID and BSSID to fw capability The maximum number of SSIDs in a for active probe requests is currently reported as 16 (WLAN_SCAN_PARAMS_MAX_SSID) when registering the driver. The scan_req_params structure only has the capacity to hold 10 SSIDs. This leads to a buffer overflow which can be triggered from wpa_supplicant in userspace. When copying the SSIDs into the scan_req_params structure in the ath11k_mac_op_hw_scan route, it can overwrite the extraie pointer. Firmware supports 16 ssid * 4 bssid, for each ssid 4 bssid combo probe request will be sent, so totally 64 probe requests supported. So set both max ssid and bssid to 16 and 4 respectively. Remove the redundant macros of ssid and bssid. Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01300-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/210505788f1d243232e21ef660efcd4838890ce8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50dc9ce9f80554a88e33b73c30851acf2be36ed3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5dfa1d66f2f71a48dab027d26a9fa78eb0f58f	Patch

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-02-26 07:01

Updated : 2025-10-21 12:05

NVD link : CVE-2022-49533

Mitre link : CVE-2022-49533

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49533

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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