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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2022-49298"
idYear: 2022
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-02-26T02:01:27.111Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T18:56:59.214Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49298"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49298.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49298"
title: "staging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8712: fix uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init()\n\nWhen 'tmpU1b' returns from r8712_read8(padapter, EE_9346CR) is 0,\n'mac[6]' will not be initialized.\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init+0x2d54/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:541\n r871xu_drv_init+0x2d54/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:541\n usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396\n really_probe+0x653/0x14b0 drivers/base/dd.c:596\n __driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752\n driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]\n __device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899\n bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427\n __device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970\n device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017\n bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487\n device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405\n usb_set_configuration+0x37e9/0x3ed0 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170\n usb_generic_driver_probe+0x13c/0x300 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238\n usb_probe_device+0x309/0x570 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293\n really_probe+0x653/0x14b0 drivers/base/dd.c:596\n __driver_probe_device+0x3e9/0x530 drivers/base/dd.c:752\n driver_probe_device drivers/base/dd.c:782 [inline]\n __device_attach_driver+0x79f/0x1120 drivers/base/dd.c:899\n bus_for_each_drv+0x2d6/0x3f0 drivers/base/bus.c:427\n __device_attach+0x593/0x8e0 drivers/base/dd.c:970\n device_initial_probe+0x4a/0x60 drivers/base/dd.c:1017\n bus_probe_device+0x17b/0x3e0 drivers/base/bus.c:487\n device_add+0x1fff/0x26e0 drivers/base/core.c:3405\n usb_new_device+0x1b8e/0x2950 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:2566\n hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5358 [inline]\n hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5502 [inline]\n port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5660 [inline]\n hub_event+0x58e3/0x89e0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5742\n process_one_work+0xdb6/0x1820 kernel/workqueue.c:2307\n worker_thread+0x10b3/0x21e0 kernel/workqueue.c:2454\n kthread+0x3c7/0x500 kernel/kthread.c:377\n ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n\nLocal variable mac created at:\n r871xu_drv_init+0x1771/0x3070 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:394\n usb_probe_interface+0xf19/0x1600 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396\n\nKMSAN: uninit-value in r871xu_drv_init\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=3cd92b1d85428b128503bfa7a250294c9ae00bd8"
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