2395417 – (CVE-2022-50290) CVE-2022-50290 kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

Bug 2395417 (CVE-2022-50290) - CVE-2022-50290 kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

Summary: CVE-2022-50290 kernel: wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2022-50290
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
Sub Component:
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	low
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-09-15 15:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 20:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-15 15:12:42 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

When register_netdevice() failed in ieee80211_if_add(), ndev->tstats
isn't released. Fix it.

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