Bug 2425060 (CVE-2022-50732) - CVE-2022-50732 kernel: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()
Summary: CVE-2022-50732 kernel: staging: rtl8192u: Fix use after free in ieee80211_rx()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50732
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 13:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 18:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 13:05:32 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-25 05:30:17 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122420-CVE-2022-50732-042c@gregkh/T
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