CVE-2022-50162

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Refcount Leak in if_usb_probe

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe() usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 3.5.0 - 4.14.291linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.256linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.137linux
Linux/Linux < 3.5
Linux/Linux 3.5
Linux/Linux 4.14.291 - 4.14.*
... and 16 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026