CVE-2022-50179

CVE-2022-50179 concerns a use-after-free in the Linux kernel’s ath9k driver, specifically in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb. The issue stems from incorrect initialization of htc_handle->drv_priv, which can be freed and leaked during a probable call trace that starts at ath9k_htc_probe_device and leads to...