CVE-2022-50469Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

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

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_kernel4.125.15.75+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.3-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290bb4573a2bad3c3e2643ef3939079eb7035a30e6ee+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.3-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-50469: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw() In rtw_init_drv2025-10-01
GHSA
GHSA-fv3v-376j-hcpx: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw() In rtw_init_d2025-10-01

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw()2025-10-01
Debian
CVE-2022-50469: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rt...2022