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
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-09-15 15:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-15 17:13 UTC (History)
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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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-15 17:09:41 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091508-CVE-2022-50290-a7af@gregkh/T
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