CVE-2022-50469
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.15.75 - Memory Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw() In rtw_init_drv_sw(), there are various init functions are called to populate the padapter structure and some checks for their return value. However, except for the first one error path, the other five error paths do not properly release the previous allocated resources, which leads to various memory leaks. This patch fixes them and keeps the success and error separate. Note that these changes keep the form of `rtw_init_drv_sw()` in "drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c". As there is no proper device to test with, no runtime testing was performed.
References (4)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.0%
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 (4)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.15.75
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.75linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.0.3linux
Timeline
Published
Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026