CVE-2022-50660

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init() In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs. So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-12-09

Updated: 2025-12-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024