What is CVE-2022-50508?

CVE-2022-50508 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-50508?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2022-50508

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt76x0: fix oob access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power After 'commit ba45841ca5eb ("wifi: mt76: mt76x02: simplify struct mt76x02_rate_power")', mt76x02 relies on ht[0-7] rate_power data for vht mcs{0,7}, while it uses vth[0-1] rate_power for vht mcs {8,9}. Fix a possible out-of-bound access in mt76x0_phy_get_target_power routine.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (3.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ba45841ca5eb29245f9c9f452a39586d9d68bc12, 6.2, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50508?: CVE-2022-50508 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-50508?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.