Bug 2363529 (CVE-2022-49923)

Summary: CVE-2022-49923 kernel: nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 15:08:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send()

nxp_nci_send() will call nxp_nci_i2c_write(), and only free skb when
nxp_nci_i2c_write() failed. However, even if the nxp_nci_i2c_write()
run succeeds, the skb will not be freed in nxp_nci_i2c_write(). As the
result, the skb will memleak. nxp_nci_send() should also free the skb
when nxp_nci_i2c_write() succeeds.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 03:28:03 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050109-CVE-2022-49923-a098@gregkh/T