CVE-2022-50508

wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:43 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power After 'commit ba45841ca5eb ("wifi: mt76: mt76x02: simplify struct mt76x02_rate_power")', mt76x02 relies on ht[0-7] rate_power data for vht mcs{0,7}, while it uses vth[0-1] rate_power for vht mcs {8,9}. Fix a possible out-of-bound access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power routine.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.2 ≤ v < 6.2.36.2 ≤ v < 6.36.2ba45841ca5eb29245f9c9f452a39586d9d68bc12
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e1abc51c945663bddebfa1beb9590ff5b250eb7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bf425c5d7ef6fb4083c1e0d46440f886127b5ee5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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