Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle
CVE-2022-50358
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle
When firmware hit trap at initialization, host will read abnormal max_flowrings number from dongle, and it will cause kernel panic when doing iowrite to initialize dongle ring. To detect this error at early stage, we directly return error when getting invalid max_flowrings(>256).
Affected products
1- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.17
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/10c4b63d09a5b0ebf1b61af1dae7f25555cf58b6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/200347eb3b2608cc8b54c13dd1d5e03809ba2eb2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aca4f3734bd717e04943ddf340d49ab62299a00mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e8bb402b060a6c22160de3d72cee057698177c8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc9299036bdb647408e11e41de3eb1ff6d428cdmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f126b25fa8562196f0f4c0aa46a446026199bfmitre
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