CVE-2022-50165
wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix uninitialized variable use in `wil_write_file_wmi()`
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- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix uninitialized variable use in `wil_write_file_wmi()` Commit 7a4836560a61 changes simple_write_to_buffer() with memdup_user() but it forgets to change the value to be returned that came from simple_write_to_buffer() call. It results in the following warning: warning: variable 'rc' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized] return rc; ^~ Remove rc variable and just return the passed in length if the memdup_user() succeeds.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < b13c84e877d7a3095bacb14665db304b2c00e95f
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < c9fde3a44da566d8929070ab6bda4f0dfa9955d0
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < 52b11a48cf073e0aab923ae809a765d756cecf13
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < 6c5fee83bdbeffe8d607d1ab125122a75f40bd1a
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < 689e5caf63e99e15d2f485ec297c1bf9243e0e28
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < d4742c886043b69d2d058bfde3998ef333b66595
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < 409bd72e544fdf4809ea0dac337bb5a1f11a25a9
- affected ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 – < d578e0af3a003736f6c440188b156483d451b329
- affected 3.17
- unaffected < 3.17
- unaffected 4.14.291 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.256 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.211 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.137 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.61 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.18.18 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19.2 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b13c84e877d7a3095bacb14665db304b2c00e95f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9fde3a44da566d8929070ab6bda4f0dfa9955d0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b11a48cf073e0aab923ae809a765d756cecf13 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c5fee83bdbeffe8d607d1ab125122a75f40bd1a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689e5caf63e99e15d2f485ec297c1bf9243e0e28 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4742c886043b69d2d058bfde3998ef333b66595 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/409bd72e544fdf4809ea0dac337bb5a1f11a25a9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d578e0af3a003736f6c440188b156483d451b329 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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