CVE-2022-50165

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix uninitialized variab...

CVE-2022-50165 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50165, released June 18, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
16th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix uninitialized variable use in `wil_write_file_wmi()` Commit 7a4836560a61 changes simple_write_to_buffer() with memdup_user() but it forgets to change the value to be returned that came from simple_write_to_buffer() call. It results in the following warning: warning: variable 'rc' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized] return rc; ^~ Remove rc variable and just return the passed in length if the memdup_user() succeeds.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50165 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50165 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.0.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50165 Jun 18, 2025

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