CVE-2022-50723 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test() Free the kzalloc'ed buffer before returning in the success path.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.0.0 — 6.0.6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.6-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5b6ff128fdf60b08c67b9b50addadc8fb8da4410 — be083d97031712a2e16fd915ddb8fe1a6cb1fbc5+2
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.6-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-g7wm-995r-33g2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test() Free the kzalloc'ed buffer before re↗2025-12-24
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OSV
bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test()↗2025-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2022-50723: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test() Free the kzalloc'ed buffer before retu↗2025-12-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service via memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test()↗2025-12-24
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Debian
CVE-2022-50723: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fi...↗2022
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50723 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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