CVE-2022-50784

high

Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2023-11-07

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone If cloning the SKB fails, don't try to use it, but rather return as if we should pass it. Coverity CID: 1503456

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50784

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50784.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.1.4-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.1.4-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.1.4-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.1.4-1`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.