Bug 2373459 (CVE-2022-50162) - CVE-2022-50162 kernel: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe()
Summary: CVE-2022-50162 kernel: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_p...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50162
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-06-18 12:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-25 15:24 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:03:56 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe()

usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that
usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-20 04:01:39 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061826-CVE-2022-50162-b7b7@gregkh/T
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