CVE-2022-49405: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: r8188eu: prevent ->Ssid overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan() This code has a check to prevent read overflow but it needs another check to prevent writing beyond the end of the ->Ssid[] array.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 5.15.46 (fixed in 5.15.46); from 5.16, before 5.17.14 (fixed in 5.17.14); from 5.18, before 5.18.3 (fixed in 5.18.3)

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-08-04.