CVE-2022-50863 — 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 93.24%
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: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.19.0 — 5.19.17+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.3-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxfc5f311fce742d906294360e378c1df631d2d692 — d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.3-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-45pp-2jvr-rmp9: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory↗2025-12-30
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OSV
CVE-2022-50863: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory le↗2025-12-30
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OSV
wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service via memory leak in wifi power saving mode↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2022-50863: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89...↗2022
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50863 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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