CVE-2022-1679High· 7.8▾ MidnightPoC availableA use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially…
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 42.9 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.8%
2 GitHub repos (last check)
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
linux_kernel >= 2.6.35, < 4.14.291linux_kernel >= 4.15, < 4.19.256linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.211linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.137linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.61linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.18.18linux_kernel >= 5.19, < 5.19.2debian_linux = 10.0h410c_firmwareh300s_firmwareh500s_firmwareh700s_firmwareh300e_firmwareh500e_firmwareh700e_firmwareh410s_firmwareUpgrade past the affected range:
linux_kernel 5.19.2Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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