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staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx() We cannot dereference the "skb" pointer after calling ieee80211_monitor_rx(), because it is a use after free.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 5.4.229, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
CVEs
CVE-2022-50732
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 23:06 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Dec 2025, 12:22 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx() We cannot dereference the "skb" pointer after calling ieee80211_monitor_rx(), because it is a use after free.

osv:CVE-2022-50732

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2

Complete source record
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