High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-47518
CVE-2022-47518
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11. Missing validation of the number of channels in drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c in the WILC1000 wireless driver can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow when copying the list of operating channels from Wi-Fi management frames.
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Affected products
3- Range: <6.0.11
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References
4- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0cdfa9e6f0915e3d243e2393bfa8a22e12d553b0nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0007/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lore.kernel.org/r/20221123153543.8568-5-philipturnbull%40github.comnvd
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