What is CVE-2022-50829?

CVE-2022-50829 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.0 onward and patched in 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270 and others. CVE-2022-50829 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50829?

CVE-2022-50829 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50829?

Yes, CVE-2022-50829 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50829 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50829 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50829

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: Fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_reg_in_cb() It is possible that skb is freed in ath9k_htc_rx_msg(), then usb_submit_urb() fails and we try to free skb again. It causes use-after-free bug. Moreover, if alloc_skb() fails, urb->context becomes NULL but rx_buf is not freed and there can be a memory leak. The patch removes unnecessary nskb and makes skb processing more clear: it is supposed that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees old skb or passes its managing to another callback function. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.0

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.337 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.303 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.270 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.229 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.86 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.16 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.2 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50829 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8dd2ea4b419da96ab4953e4967e9363e2f8a4f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/355f16f756aad0c95cdaa0c14a34ab4137d32815
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53b9bb1a00c4285ee7f58a11129dbea015db61bc
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50829?

CVE-2022-50829 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.0 onward and has been patched in 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270 and others. CVE-2022-50829 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50829?

Yes — CVE-2022-50829 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50829 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50829 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.