CVE-2022-50242 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init() If vp alloc failed in qlcnic_sriov_init(), all previously allocated vp needs to be freed.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.10 — 4.9.337+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxf197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce — 15770edc01edfce773269e8a443ca8e420f6f859+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jvpg-5wjj-w2c6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init() If vp all↗2025-09-15
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OSV
CVE-2022-50242: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init() If vp alloc↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init()↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2022-50242: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: ne...↗2022
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