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CVE-2022-50288
published 2025-09-15

CVE-2022-50288: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qlcnic: prevent ->dcb use-after-free on qlcnic_dcb_enable() failure adapter->dcb would get…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qlcnic: prevent ->dcb use-after-free on qlcnic_dcb_enable() failure adapter->dcb would get silently freed inside qlcnic_dcb_enable() in case qlcnic_dcb_attach() would return an error, which always happens under OOM conditions. This would lead to use-after-free because both of the existing callers invoke qlcnic_dcb_get_info() on the obtained pointer, which is potentially freed at that point. Propagate errors from qlcnic_dcb_enable(), and instead free the dcb pointer at callsite using qlcnic_dcb_free(). This also removes the now unused qlcnic_clear_dcb_ops() helper, which was a simple wrapper around kfree() also causing memory leaks for partially initialized dcb. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.7-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 36999236f0b12d5de21a6f40e93b570727b9ceb236999236f0b12d5de21a6f40e93b570727b9ceb2
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < d12a7510293d3370b234b0b7c5eda33e58786768d12a7510293d3370b234b0b7c5eda33e58786768
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 8f97eeb02a553cdc78c83a0596448a370e1518c48f97eeb02a553cdc78c83a0596448a370e1518c4
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 513787ff9a331b461115e8a145a983d650a84fcb513787ff9a331b461115e8a145a983d650a84fcb
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 95df720e64a6409d8152827a776c43f615e3321a95df720e64a6409d8152827a776c43f615e3321a
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 8df1dc04ce0e4c03b51a756749c250a9cb17d7078df1dc04ce0e4c03b51a756749c250a9cb17d707
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < a2a694e6edbdb3efb34e1613a31fdcf6cf444a55a2a694e6edbdb3efb34e1613a31fdcf6cf444a55
linuxlinux>= 3c44bba1d270cb1620b4fe76786d0968118cb86b < 13a7c8964afcd8ca43c0b6001ebb0127baa9536213a7c8964afcd8ca43c0b6001ebb0127baa95362
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.178-15.10.178-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.7-16.1.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.7-16.1.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.7-16.1.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.14 < 4.14.3034.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.19.2704.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2295.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.875.15.87
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.0.196.0.19
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1635.10.163
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1 < 6.1.56.1.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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