Bug 2405726 (CVE-2022-50565)

Summary: CVE-2022-50565 kernel: wifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-22 14:02:28 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx()

urbs does not be freed in exception paths in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx().
That will trigger memory leak. To fix it, add kfree() for urbs within
"error" label. Compile tested only.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-22 18:00:35 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025102207-CVE-2022-50565-ddc2@gregkh/T