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CVE-2022-50258· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • 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: 0.16% (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 0a06cadcc2a0044e4a117cc0e61436fc3a0dad69, 17dbe90e13f52848c460d253f15b765038ec6dc0, 3a3a5e3f94068cd562d62a57da6983c8cd07d53c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0a06cadcc2a0044e4a117cc0e61436fc3a0dad69, 17dbe90e13f52848c460d253f15b765038ec6dc0, 3a3a5e3f94068cd562d62a57da6983c8cd07d53c 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: brcmfmac: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds() This patch fixes a stack-out-of-bounds read in brcmfmac that occurs when 'buf' that is not null-terminated is passed as an argument of strsep() in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(). This buffer is filled with a firmware version string by memcpy() in brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get(). The patch ensures buf is null-terminated. Found by a modified version of syzkaller. [ 47.569679][ T1897] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43236b for chip BCM43236/3 [ 47.582839][ T1897] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available [ 47.601565][ T1897] ================================================================== [ 47.602574][ T1897] BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0 [ 47.603447][ T1897] Read of size 1 at addr ffffc90001f6f000 by task kworker/0:2/1897 [ 47.604336][ T1897] [ 47.604621][ T1897] CPU: 0 PID: 1897 Comm: kworker/0:2 Tainted: G O 5.14.0+ #131 [ 47.605617][ T1897] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 47.606907][ T1897] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event [ 47.607453][ T1897] Call Trace: [ 47.607801][ T1897] dump_stack_lvl+0x8e/0xd1 [ 47.608295][ T1897] print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xf/0x334 [ 47.609009][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0 [ 47.609434][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0 [ 47.609863][ T1897] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf [ 47.610366][ T1897] ? strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0 [ 47.610882][ T1897] strsep+0x1b2/0x1f0 [ 47.611300][ T1897] ? brcmf_fil_iovar_data_get+0x3a/0xf0 [ 47.611883][ T1897] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds+0x995/0xc40 [ 47.612434][ T1897] ? brcmf_c_set_joinpref_default+0x100/0x100 [ 47.613078][ T1897] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa1/0xd0 [ 47.613662][ T1897] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 [ 47.614208][ T1897] ? lock_acquire+0x19d/0x4e0 [ 47.614704][ T1897] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 47.615236][ T1897] ? brcmf_usb_deq+0x1a7/0x260 [ 47.615741][ T1897] ? brcmf_usb_rx_fill_all+0x5a/0xf0 [ 47.616288][ T1897] brcmf_attach+0x246/0xd40 [ 47.616758][ T1897] ? wiphy_new_nm+0x1703/0x1dd0 [ 47.617280][ T1897] ? kmemdup+0x43/0x50 [ 47.617720][ T1897] brcmf_usb_probe+0x12de/0x1690 [ 47.618244][ T1897] ? brcmf_usbdev_qinit.constprop.0+0x470/0x470 [ 47.618901][ T1897] usb_probe_interface+0x2aa/0x760 [ 47.619429][ T1897] ? usb_probe_device+0x250/0x250 [ 47.619950][ T1897] really_probe+0x205/0xb70 [ 47.620435][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130 [ 47.621048][ T1897] __driver_probe_device+0x311/0x4b0 [ 47.621595][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130 [ 47.622209][ T1897] driver_probe_device+0x4e/0x150 [ 47.622739][ T1897] __device_attach_driver+0x1cc/0x2a0 [ 47.623287][ T1897] bus_for_each_drv+0x156/0x1d0 [ 47.623796][ T1897] ? bus_rescan_devices+0x30/0x30 [ 47.624309][ T1897] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x273/0x3e0 [ 47.624907][ T1897] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x46/0x160 [ 47.625437][ T1897] __device_attach+0x23f/0x3a0 [ 47.625924][ T1897] ? device_bind_driver+0xd0/0xd0 [ 47.626433][ T1897] ? kobject_uevent_env+0x287/0x14b0 [ 47.627057][ T1897] bus_probe_device+0x1da/0x290 [ 47.627557][ T1897] device_add+0xb7b/0x1eb0 [ 47.628027][ T1897] ? wait_for_completion+0x290/0x290 [ 47.628593][ T1897] ? __fw_devlink_link_to_suppliers+0x5a0/0x5a0 [ 47.629249][ T1897] usb_set_configuration+0xf59/0x16f0 [ 47.629829][ T1897] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x82/0xa0 [ 47.630385][ T1897] usb_probe_device+0xbb/0x250 [ 47.630927][ T1897] ? usb_suspend+0x590/0x590 [ 47.631397][ T1897] really_probe+0x205/0xb70 [ 47.631855][ T1897] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x130/0x130 [ 47.632469][ T1897] __driver_probe_device+0x311/0x4b0 [ 47.633002][ ---truncated---

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

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

  • linux linux kernelbefore 4.14.308
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.276
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.235
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.173
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.99
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.16
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.2.3

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

    • 3.8affected
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before 89243a7b0ea19606ba1c2873c9d569026ccb344faffected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before d481fd6064bf215d7c5068e15aa390c3b16c9cd0affected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before 17dbe90e13f52848c460d253f15b765038ec6dc0affected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before d6ef66194bb4a6c18f5b9649bf62597909b040e4affected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before 3a3a5e3f94068cd562d62a57da6983c8cd07d53caffected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before 881f50d76c3892262730ddf5c894eb00310e736caffected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before ba166e0ebdde3dfa833f0a3edaf2b2934d4a87f7affected · git
    • 0af29bf7c1ddf5f3c35577409de46ede5e8d7845 and later · before 0a06cadcc2a0044e4a117cc0e61436fc3a0dad69affected · git
    • before 3.8not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.20-16.1.20-1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-64kbbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-default-basebefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-docsbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-obs-buildbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-preemptbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-sourcebefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-symsbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5kernel-defaultbefore 4.12.14-122.275.14.12.14-122.275.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_73before 1-8.3.11-8.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3kernel-defaultbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_62before 1-150300.7.3.11-150300.7.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1kernel-rtbefore 5.3.18-150300.223.15.3.18-150300.223.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1kernel-source-rtbefore 5.3.18-150300.223.15.3.18-150300.223.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3kernel-rtbefore 5.14.21-150400.15.133.15.14.21-150400.15.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3kernel-source-rtbefore 5.14.21-150400.15.133.15.14.21-150400.15.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSkernel-sourcebefore 4.12.14-122.275.14.12.14-122.275.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSkernel-symsbefore 4.12.14-122.275.14.12.14-122.275.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSSkernel-zfcpdumpbefore 5.3.18-150300.59.221.15.3.18-150300.59.221.1

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    83Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

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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 Linux0a06cadcc2a0044e4a117cc0e61436fc3a0dad69Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux17dbe90e13f52848c460d253f15b765038ec6dc0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3a3a5e3f94068cd562d62a57da6983c8cd07d53cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux881f50d76c3892262730ddf5c894eb00310e736cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux89243a7b0ea19606ba1c2873c9d569026ccb344fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxba166e0ebdde3dfa833f0a3edaf2b2934d4a87f7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd481fd6064bf215d7c5068e15aa390c3b16c9cd0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd6ef66194bb4a6c18f5b9649bf62597909b040e4Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.20-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-64kb5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default4.12.14-122.275.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default-base5.3.18-150300.59.221.1.150300.18.132.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-docs5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_621-150300.7.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-obs-build5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-preempt5.3.18-150300.59.221.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-rt5.3.18-150300.223.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source4.12.14-122.275.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source-rt5.3.18-150300.223.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-syms4.12.14-122.275.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_731-8.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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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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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.

No nightly-computed relations.

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
high · data or configuration can be modified
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
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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