CVE-2022-50294 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
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: 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.

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_kernel2.6.26 — 4.14.308+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 — 4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f+8
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2hf5-vj7w-qq52: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed↗2025-09-15
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OSV
CVE-2022-50294: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2022-50294: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: liber...↗2022
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CVE-2022-50294 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase