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CVE-2022-50178: wifi: rtw89: 8852a: rfk: fix div 0 exception

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • 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: 0.24% (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 065e83ac83c0c0e615b96947145c85c4bd76c09a, 5abc81a138f873ab55223ec674afc3a3f945d60f, 683a4647a7a3044868cfdc14c117525091b9fa0c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 065e83ac83c0c0e615b96947145c85c4bd76c09a, 5abc81a138f873ab55223ec674afc3a3f945d60f, 683a4647a7a3044868cfdc14c117525091b9fa0c 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: rtw89: 8852a: rfk: fix div 0 exception The DPK is a kind of RF calibration whose algorithm is to fine tune parameters and calibrate, and check the result. If the result isn't good enough, it could adjust parameters and try again. This issue is to read and show the result, but it could be a negative calibration result that causes divisor 0 and core dump. So, fix it by phy_div() that does division only if divisor isn't zero; otherwise, zero is adopted. divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 728 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 5.10.114-16019-g462a1661811a #1 <HASH:d024 28> RIP: 0010:rtw8852a_dpk+0x14ae/0x288f [rtw89_core] RSP: 0018:ffffa9bb412a7520 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000180fc RDI: ffffa141d01023c0 RBP: ffffa9bb412a76a0 R08: 0000000000001319 R09: 00000000ffffff92 R10: ffffffffc0292de3 R11: ffffffffc00d2f51 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffffa141d01023c0 R14: ffffffffc0290250 R15: ffffa141d0102638 FS: 00007fa99f5c2740(0000) GS:ffffa142e5e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000013e8e010 CR3: 0000000110d2c000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: rtw89_core_sta_add+0x95/0x9c [rtw89_core <HASH:d239 29>] rtw89_ops_sta_state+0x5d/0x108 [rtw89_core <HASH:d239 29>] drv_sta_state+0x115/0x66f [mac80211 <HASH:81fe 30>] sta_info_insert_rcu+0x45c/0x713 [mac80211 <HASH:81fe 30>] sta_info_insert+0xf/0x1b [mac80211 <HASH:81fe 30>] ieee80211_prep_connection+0x9d6/0xb0c [mac80211 <HASH:81fe 30>] ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x2aa/0x352 [mac80211 <HASH:81fe 30>] cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x160/0x1f6 [cfg80211 <HASH:00cd 31>] nl80211_authenticate+0x2e5/0x306 [cfg80211 <HASH:00cd 31>] genl_rcv_msg+0x371/0x3a1 ? nl80211_stop_sched_scan+0xe5/0xe5 [cfg80211 <HASH:00cd 31>] ? genl_rcv+0x36/0x36 netlink_rcv_skb+0x8a/0xf9 genl_rcv+0x28/0x36 netlink_unicast+0x27b/0x3a0 netlink_sendmsg+0x2aa/0x469 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x49/0x4d ____sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x213 __sys_sendmsg+0xec/0x157 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0xd7/0x116 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x55 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7fa99f6e689b

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected versions

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  • 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

    • 5.16affected
    • e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd and later · before 065e83ac83c0c0e615b96947145c85c4bd76c09aaffected · git
    • e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd and later · before 5abc81a138f873ab55223ec674afc3a3f945d60faffected · git
    • e3ec7017f6a20d12ddd9fe23d345ebb7b8c104dd and later · before 683a4647a7a3044868cfdc14c117525091b9fa0caffected · git
    • before 5.16not affected · semver
    • 5.18.18 and later · up to and including 5.18.*not affected · semver
    • 5.19.2 and later · up to and including 5.19.*not affected · semver
    • 6.0 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

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

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50176Jun 18, 2025 · drm/mcde: Fix refcount leak in mcde_dsi_bind
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50177Jun 18, 2025 · rcutorture: Fix ksoftirqd boosting timing and iteration
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50179Jun 18, 2025 · ath9k: fix use-after-free in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
    31Monitor

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 Linux065e83ac83c0c0e615b96947145c85c4bd76c09aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5abc81a138f873ab55223ec674afc3a3f945d60fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux683a4647a7a3044868cfdc14c117525091b9fa0cVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.0.2-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2024-26945413 days apartcrypto: iaa - Fix nr_cpus < nr_iaa case
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2022-499780 days apartfbdev: fb_pm2fb: Avoid potential divide by zero error
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2022-500100 days apartvideo: fbdev: i740fb: Check the argument of i740_calc_vclk()
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2022-501020 days apartvideo: fbdev: arkfb: Fix a divide-by-zero bug in ark_set_pixclock()
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3812615 days apartnet: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3820516 days apartdrm/amd/display: Avoid divide by zero by initializing dummy pitch to 1
    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
none
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
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-369 · Divide By Zero

CVSS vector

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