# CVE-2022-50169: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil\_write\_file\_wmi()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi() The simple_write_to_buffer() function will succeed if even a single byte is initialized. However, we need to initialize the whole buffer to prevent information leaks. Just use memdup_user().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1216e699a1ce83ea005510844bd7508d34c6cef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c9983425167ec5073c628d83a6875760d18059
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789edc1af9c1a2293956e8534bfef3d18d629de9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67470920cd3f3cb38699b1ad23234f96bead4d21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a4836560a6198d245d5732e26f94898b12eb760

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