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CVE-2022-50294 (GCVE-0-2022-50294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:45 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:16
VLAI
Title
wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 98e0ff6980c89239d9e5d3da90d791c2383dc23a (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 23b34e08de5c2380414c9d3c33e8235094bcccae (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 9c8f50c7433bdfba1588831c413136ecc3f29f99 (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 037f84c0bfae5c436c651d0e804264e2648010ec (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 653d13a73e498d0bb6aeaf689aaa960defa7878b (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < d46c33f667b05c22bc5c5b69aa730349c4b6fe31 (git)
Affected: 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 , < 16a03958618fb91bb1bc7077cf3211055162cc2f (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.26
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.26 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.308 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.276 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.235 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.173 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.99 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.16 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "274",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-50294.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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