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CVE-2022-50169: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4, 074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb, 4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4, 074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb, 4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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().

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 17th percentile

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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel3.17 and later · before 4.14.291
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.256
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.211
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.137
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.61
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.18.18
  • linux linux kernel5.19 and later · before 5.19.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 3.17affected
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before c1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cefaffected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22affected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059affected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4affected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adbaffected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9affected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21affected · git
    • ff974e4083341383d3dd4079e52ed30f57f376f0 and later · before 7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760affected · git
    • before 3.17not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.0.2-16.0.2-1

Same product

linux: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50165Jun 18, 2025 · wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix uninitialized variable use in `wil_write_file_wmi()`
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50166Jun 18, 2025 · Bluetooth: When HCI work queue is drained, only queue chained work
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50170Jun 18, 2025 · kunit: executor: Fix a memory leak on failure in kunit_filter_tests
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cefVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.0.2-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-64035396 days apartigc: set tx buffer type for SMD frames
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-43873302 days apartvhost/vsock: always initialize seqpacket_allow
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2022-4986548 days apartipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43040317 days apartnet: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to prevent an info-leak
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2024-50076233 days apartvt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get()
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3853259 days apartnet: libwx: properly reset Rx ring descriptor
    22Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-909 · Missing Initialization of Resource

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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