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Linux Linux — rtw89: cfo: check mac_id to avoid out-of-bounds
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0032 24.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd – —
Linux 5.16 – 5.17.14
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
Feb 26 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49471 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rtw89: cfo: check mac_id to avoid out-of-bounds
Somehow, hardware reports incorrect mac_id and pollute memory. Check index
before we access the array.
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in rtw89/phy.c:2517:23
index 188 is out of range for type 's32 [64]'
CPU: 1 PID: 51550 Comm: irq/35-rtw89_pc Tainted: G OE
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
show_stack+0x52/0x58
dump_stack_lvl+0x4c/0x63
dump_stack+0x10/0x12
ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45
__ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49
? __alloc_skb+0x92/0x1d0
rtw89_phy_cfo_parse+0x44/0x7f [rtw89_core]
rtw89_core_rx+0x261/0x871 [rtw89_core]
? __alloc_skb+0xee/0x1d0
rtw89_pci_napi_poll+0x3fa/0x4ea [rtw89_pci]
__napi_poll+0x33/0x1a0
net_rx_action+0x126/0x260
? __queue_work+0x217/0x4c0
__do_softirq+0xd9/0x315
? disable_irq_nosync+0x10/0x10
do_softirq.part.0+0x6d/0x90
</IRQ>
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x62/0x70
rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn+0x182/0x1a6 [rtw89_pci]
irq_thread_fn+0x28/0x60
irq_thread+0xc8/0x190
? irq_thread_fn+0x60/0x60
kthread+0x16b/0x190
? irq_thread_check_affinity+0xe0/0xe0
? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
</TASK>
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 26, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49471 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.16 | 5.17.14 |
About this page
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