CVE-2022-50186 is a memory leak vulnerability in the ath11k Wi-Fi driver within the Linux kernel, specifically affecting the htc_tx_completion error handling. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows a local, low-privileged attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash or instability) due to unconsumed skb packets. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.17, < 5.18.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.19, < 5.19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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