# CVE-2022-47518: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-12-18 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11. Missing validation of the number of channels in drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c in the WILC1000 wireless driver can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow when copying the list of operating channels from Wi-Fi management frames.

## What to do

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## References

- https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123153543.8568-5-philipturnbull%40github.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0cdfa9e6f0915e3d243e2393bfa8a22e12d553b0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00031.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0007/

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