PT-2025-8159 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Po-Hao Huang · Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2025-03-19 · CVE-2022-49231

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory overrun and memory leak issue in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The problem occurred during the hw scan process in the rtw88 module, where less memory was allocated than required, leading to potential access violation faults and memory leaks when the function returned early.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-49231

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49231.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49231 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d95984b5580dcb8b1c0036577c52b609990a1dab · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49231 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec5da191bfcd5fd22b95459b623694f66c1cc10b · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/WolfgangSesin/status/1902297338871267646 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1896037310912729222 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/d95984b5580dcb8b1c0036577c52b609990a1dab · Note