Bug 2420354 (CVE-2022-50660) - CVE-2022-50660 kernel: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()
Summary: CVE-2022-50660 kernel: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50660
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-09 02:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-12-12 09:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 02:05:07 UTC 
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().
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-09 17:50:26 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120942-CVE-2022-50660-562d@gregkh/T
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