Bug 2348019 (CVE-2022-49312) - CVE-2022-49312 kernel: staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()
Summary: CVE-2022-49312 kernel: staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871x...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49312
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-26 03:14 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-07 15:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:14:48 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()

In r871xu_drv_init(), if r8712_init_drv_sw() fails, then the memory
allocated by r8712_alloc_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_init() is not
properly released as there is no action will be performed by
r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().
To properly release it, we should call r8712_free_io_queue() in
r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().

Besides, in r871xu_dev_remove(), r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() will be called
by r871x_dev_unload() under condition `padapter->bup` and
r8712_free_io_queue() is called by r8712_free_drv_sw().
However, r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() does not rely on `padapter->bup` and
calling r8712_free_io_queue() in r8712_free_drv_sw() is negative for
better understading the code.
So I move r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() into r871xu_dev_remove(), and remove
r8712_free_io_queue() from r8712_free_drv_sw().

Comment 2 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-27 21:32:54 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022636-CVE-2022-49312-6cea@gregkh/T


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