Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2021-47065

None

CVSS

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EPSS

0.2%

Published

Feb 29, 2024

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Monitor only SSVC: Track

A coding error in certain Realtek Wi-Fi drivers can crash the computer when the Wi-Fi chip tries to use one specific radio channel.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Local User
Complexity
Theoretical
Impact
Denial Of Service
Component
OS kernel
Class
Buffer Overflow
Remediation
Patch
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

Out-of-bounds array access (index 5) against a 5-element u8 buffer (bw40_base) inside rtw_get_tx_power_params when group evaluates to 5 for channel 14.

Why it matters to the business

Kernel panic or undefined behavior on systems using Realtek rtw88 wireless hardware, causing loss of Wi-Fi connectivity and potential system instability until reboot.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker or local process initiates an 802.11 scan or channel configuration; the driver calls rtw_phy_set_tx_power_level which invokes rtw_get_tx_power_params for channel 14, dereferencing bw40_base[5] and triggering UBSAN-detected overrun.

How to fix it

Apply the upstream fix that passes rate to rtw_get_channel_group and forces group=4 for CCK rates on channel 14; rebuild and install the corrected kernel.

How to confirm the fix worked

Boot the patched kernel with UBSAN enabled, trigger scans on channel 14, and confirm absence of the array-index-out-of-bounds message in dmesg.

Typical attack path

  1. Initiate ieee80211_scan_work or channel config on rtw88 device
  2. rtw_set_channel invokes rtw_phy_set_tx_power_level
  3. rtw_get_tx_power_params computes group=5 for channel 14 and indexes bw40_base[5]
  4. Kernel hits out-of-bounds access during TX power lookup

How to detect it

Search kernel logs and dmesg for UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds entries citing phy.c:1789 and the rtw_get_tx_power_params symbol during mac80211 scan activity.

  • UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /.../rtw88/phy.c:1789:34
  • rtw_get_tx_power_params+0x83a
  • index 5 is out of range for type 'u8 [5]'
  • ieee80211_scan_work

What your security team should do

  • Update to a kernel containing the rtw88 channel-group fix
  • Blacklist the rtw88 module on systems lacking the required Realtek hardware
  • Monitor for continued UBSAN reports after deployment

The record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtw88: Fix array overrun in rtw_get_tx_power_params() Using a kernel with the Undefined Behaviour Sanity Checker (UBSAN) enabled, the following array overrun is logged: ================================================================================ UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /home/finger/wireless-drivers-next/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/phy.c:1789:34 index 5 is out of range for type 'u8 [5]' CPU: 2 PID: 84 Comm: kworker/u16:3 Tainted: G O 5.12.0-rc5-00086-gd88bba47038e-dirty #651 Hardware name: TOSHIBA TECRA A50-A/TECRA A50-A, BIOS Version 4.50 09/29/2014 Workqueue: phy0 ieee80211_scan_work [mac80211] Call Trace: dump_stack+0x64/0x7c ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x40 __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x43/0x48 rtw_get_tx_power_params+0x83a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/0xad0 [rtw_core] ? rtw_pci_read16+0x20/0x20 [rtw_pci] ? check_hw_ready+0x50/0x90 [rtw_core] rtw_phy_get_tx_power_index+0x4d/0xd0 [rtw_core] rtw_phy_set_tx_power_level+0xee/0x1b0 [rtw_core] rtw_set_channel+0xab/0x110 [rtw_core] rtw_ops_config+0x87/0xc0 [rtw_core] ieee80211_hw_config+0x9d/0x130 [mac80211] ieee80211_scan_state_set_channel+0x81/0x170 [mac80211] ieee80211_scan_work+0x19f/0x2a0 [mac80211] process_one_work+0x1dd/0x3a0 worker_thread+0x49/0x330 ? rescuer_thread+0x3a0/0x3a0 kthread+0x134/0x150 ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 ================================================================================ The statement where an array is being overrun is shown in the following snippet: if (rate <= DESC_RATE11M) tx_power = pwr_idx_2g->cck_base[group]; else ====> tx_power = pwr_idx_2g->bw40_base[group]; The associated arrays are defined in main.h as follows: struct rtw_2g_txpwr_idx { u8 cck_base[6]; u8 bw40_base[5]; struct rtw_2g_1s_pwr_idx_diff ht_1s_diff; struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_2s_diff; struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_3s_diff; struct rtw_2g_ns_pwr_idx_diff ht_4s_diff; }; The problem arises because the value of group is 5 for channel 14. The trivial increase in the dimension of bw40_base fails as this struct must match the layout of efuse. The fix is to add the rate as an argument to rtw_get_channel_group() and set the group for channel 14 to 4 if rate <= DESC_RATE11M. This patch fixes commit fa6dfe6bff24 ("rtw88: resolve order of tx power setting routines")

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:11 linux 0 5.10.38-1
Debian:12 linux 0 5.10.38-1
Debian:13 linux 0 5.10.38-1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP2_Update_47 0 1-150200.5.3.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_43 0 1-150300.7.3.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt 0 5.3.18-150300.166.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt 0 5.3.18-150300.166.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt 0 5.3.18-150300.166.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt 0 5.3.18-150300.166.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1.150200.9.95.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150200.24.188.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1.150300.18.92.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-docs 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-obs-build 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-preempt 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-syms 0 5.3.18-150300.59.158.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux 0 3.11.0-12.19
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial 0 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux 0 4.4.0-2.16
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.4.0-1001.10
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe 0 4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure 0 4.11.0-1009.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 4.10.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.4.0-1004.9
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux 0 4.13.0-16.19
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws 0 4.15.0-1001.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4 0 5.4.0-1051.53~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-4.15 0 4.15.0-1082.92
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 0 5.4.0-1051.53~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 0 4.15.0-1071.81
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 0 5.4.0-1046.49~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 0 5.4.0-77.86~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4 0 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 4.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 4.15.0-1007.9
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 0 5.4.0-1048.52~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 0 5.4.0-1038.41~18.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 5.4.0-77.86
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.4.0-1051.53
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 5.15.0-1014.18~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.4.0-1051.53
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 5.15.0-1007.8~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 5.4.0-1013.16
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.4.0-1046.49
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 5.15.0-1006.9~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.4.0-1018.19
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 5.15.0-1003.5~20.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.4.0-1003.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 5.15.0-1033.36~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 5.15.0-1003.5~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 5.4.0-1001.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.4.0-1041.42
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.4.0-1048.52
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 5.15.0-1007.9~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.4.0-1038.41
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 5.15.0-1015.17~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.4.0-1020.24
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 5.13.0-19.19
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.13.0-1005.6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5 0 6.5.0-1008.8~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.8 0 6.8.0-1009.9~22.04.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.13.0-1006.7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5 0 6.5.0-1007.7~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.8 0 6.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 5.15.0-1019.24.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.13.0-1005.6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5 0 6.5.0-1010.10~22.04.3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.8 0 6.8.0-1010.11~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.15.0-1001.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5 0 6.5.0-14.14~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 5.15.0-1021.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg 0 5.15.0-1004.6

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