CVE-2022-50832 — 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 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit() The wilc_mac_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel4.2.0 — 5.4.235+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc5c77ba18ea66aa05441c71e38473efb787705a4 — a12610e83789c838493034e5c50ac5c903ad8c0d+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit()↗2025-12-30
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OSV
CVE-2022-50832: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit() The wilc_mac_xmit() r↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
GHSA-6vvg-4gg9-mcq6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit() The wilc_mac_xmit()↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in wilc1000 Wi-Fi driver causes Denial of Service↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2022-50832: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1...↗2022
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50832 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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