CVE-2022-50660

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak in ipw2200 WiFi Driver Initialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init() In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs. So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.1%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
linux/Kernel 2.6.33 - 4.14.308linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.276linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.235linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.99linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.173linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.2.3linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.33
Linux/Linux 2.6.33
Linux/Linux 4.14.308 - 4.14.*
... and 15 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026