Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49740wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads This patch fixes slab-out-of-bounds reads in brcmfmac that occur in brcmf_construct_chaninfo() and brcmf_enable_bw40_2g() when the count value of channel specifications provided by the device is greater than the length of 'list->element[]', decided by the size of the 'list' allocated with kzalloc(). The patch adds checks that make the functions free the buffer and return -EINVAL if that is the case. Note that the negative return is handled by the caller, brcmf_setup_wiphybands() or brcmf_cfg80211_attach(). Found by a modified version of syzkaller. Crash Report from brcmf_construct_chaninfo(): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888115f24600 by task kworker/0:2/1896 CPU: 0 PID: 1896 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G W O 5.14.0+ #132 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x93/0x334 kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x1238/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Allocated by task 1896: kasan_save_stack+0x1b/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7c/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x19e/0x330 brcmf_setup_wiphybands+0x290/0x1430 brcmf_cfg80211_attach+0x2118/0x3fd0 brcmf_attach+0x389/0xd40 brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 usb_probe_interface+0x25f/0x710 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_set_configuration+0x984/0x1770 usb_generic_driver_probe+0x69/0x90 usb_probe_device+0x9c/0x220 really_probe+0x1be/0xa90 __driver_probe_device+0x2ab/0x460 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 __device_attach_driver+0x18a/0x250 bus_for_each_drv+0x123/0x1a0 __device_attach+0x207/0x330 bus_probe_device+0x1a2/0x260 device_add+0xa61/0x1ce0 usb_new_device.cold+0x463/0xf66 hub_event+0x10d5/0x3330 process_one_work+0x873/0x13e0 worker_thread+0x8b/0xd10 kthread+0x379/0x450 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888115f24000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-2k of size 2048 The buggy address is located 1536 bytes inside of 2048-byte region [ffff888115f24000, ffff888115f24800) Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888115f24500: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff888115f24580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >ffff888115f24600: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ^ ffff888115f24680: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff888115f24700: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ================================================================== Crash Report from brcmf_enable_bw40_2g(): ========== ---truncated---

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49740
Debian:13linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49740
Debian:14linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1038.45UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1038.45.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1034.42UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1035.41UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49740

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d48200ba45dd2edfe6286abfc783a81a4a492e98 – before 9cf5e99c1ae1a85286a76c9a970202750538394cd48200ba45dd2edfe6286abfc783a81a4a492e98 – before b2e412879595821ff1b5545cbed5f108fba7f5b6d48200ba45dd2edfe6286abfc783a81a4a492e98 – before e4991910f15013db72f6ec0db7038ea67a57052ed48200ba45dd2edfe6286abfc783a81a4a492e98 – before f06de1bb6d61f0c18b0213bbc6298960037f9d42d48200ba45dd2edfe6286abfc783a81a4a492e98 – before 4920ab131b2dbae7464b72bdcac465d070254209
Linux Linux 3.10

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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