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TI-2022-24311 Aliases CVE-2022-48787GHSA-w5j3-3j83-3j22

iwlwifi: fix use-after-free

Priority LOW 34CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: fix use-after-free If no firmware was present at all (or, presumably, all of the firmware files failed to parse), we end up unbinding by calling device_release_driver(), which calls remove(), which then in iwlwifi calls iwl_drv_stop(), freeing the 'drv' struct. However the new code I added will still erroneously access it after it was freed. Set 'failure=false' in this case to avoid the access, all data was already freed anyway.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00244 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.14.268, 4.19.231, 5.4.181 +3Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.14.263 to before 4.14.268; 4.19.226 to before 4.19.231; 5.4.174 to before 5.4.181; 5.10.94 to before 5.10.102; 5.15.17 to before 5.15.25; 5.16.3 to before 5.16.114.14.268, 4.19.231, 5.4.181, 5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.14.263 to before 4.14.268; 4.19.226 to before 4.19.231; 5.4.174 to before 5.4.181; 5.10.94 to before 5.10.102; 5.15.17 to before 5.15.25; 5.16.3 to before 5.16.11 Fixed in 4.14.268, 4.19.231, 5.4.181, 5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.14.263 to before 4.14.268; 4.19.226 to before 4.19.231; 5.4.174 to before 5.4.181; 5.10.94 to before 5.10.102; 5.15.17 to before 5.15.25; 5.16.3 to before 5.16.11VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.14.263 to before 4.14.268; 4.19.226 to before 4.19.231; 5.4.174 to before 5.4.181; 5.10.94 to before 5.10.102; 5.15.17 to before 5.15.25; 5.16.3 to before 5.16.11 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.14.268, 4.19.231, 5.4.181, 5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-48787
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5j3-3j83-3j22

References

Patch 7

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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