CVE-2022-50294

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.14.308 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037f84c0bfae5c436c651d0e804264e2648010ec

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a03958618fb91bb1bc7077cf3211055162cc2f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b34e08de5c2380414c9d3c33e8235094bcccae

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653d13a73e498d0bb6aeaf689aaa960defa7878b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e0ff6980c89239d9e5d3da90d791c2383dc23a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8f50c7433bdfba1588831c413136ecc3f29f99

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46c33f667b05c22bc5c5b69aa730349c4b6fe31

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.308

linux/Kernel < 4.14.308linux

linux/Kernel < 4.19.276linux

linux/Kernel < 5.4.235linux

linux/Kernel < 5.10.173linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.99linux

linux/Kernel < 6.1.16linux

linux/Kernel < 6.2.3linux

Timeline

Published Sep 15, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026