CVE-2022-49023: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets are present without checking. Since the element itself is already checked to fit, we only need to check the length.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.1, before 5.4.226 (fixed in 5.4.226); from 5.5, before 5.10.158 (fixed in 5.10.158); from 5.11, before 5.15.82 (fixed in 5.15.82); from 5.16, before 6.0.12 (fixed in 6.0.12); version 6.1 only

Published 2024-10-21. Last modified 2026-08-04.