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CVE-2022-50169 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi() The simple_write_to_buffer() function will succeed if even a single byte is initialized. However, we need to initialize the whole buffer to prevent information leaks. Just use memdup_user().


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cef kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-50169
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/18/2025
Source:
kernel.org