High 8.8Published Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2022-50732staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:40 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before 9c03db0ec84b7964a11b20706665c99a5fead332; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before fdc62d31d50e4ce5d8f363fcb8299ba0e00ee6fd; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before a0df8d44b555ae09729d6533fd4532977563c7b9; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before 288ada16a93aab5aa2ebea8190aafdb35b716854; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before daa8045a991363ccdae5615d170f35aa1135e7a7; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before b0aaec894a909c88117c8bda6c7c9b26cf7c744b; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before de174163c0d319ff06d622e79130a0017c8f5a6e; from 8fc8598e61f6f384f3eaf1d9b09500c12af47b37 before 73df1172bbcc8d45cd28e3b1a9ca2edb2f9f7ce6; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c03db0ec84b7964a11b20706665c99a5fead332
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdc62d31d50e4ce5d8f363fcb8299ba0e00ee6fd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0df8d44b555ae09729d6533fd4532977563c7b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/288ada16a93aab5aa2ebea8190aafdb35b716854
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daa8045a991363ccdae5615d170f35aa1135e7a7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0aaec894a909c88117c8bda6c7c9b26cf7c744b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de174163c0d319ff06d622e79130a0017c8f5a6e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73df1172bbcc8d45cd28e3b1a9ca2edb2f9f7ce6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcc5e2dcf09089b337b76fc1a589f6ff95ca19ac

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