What the vulnerability does

01Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. _rtw_init_xmit_priv in drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c lacks check of the return value of rtw_alloc_hwxmits() and will cause the null pointer dereference.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 14, 2022 CVE published
April 22, 2025 Record updated