CVE-2022-50573 (GCVE-0-2022-50573)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-22 13:23 – Updated: 2025-10-22 13:23
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Title
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix mt7915_rate_txpower_get() resource leaks
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix mt7915_rate_txpower_get() resource leaks Coverity message: variable "buf" going out of scope leaks the storage. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1527799 ("Resource leaks")
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Linux Linux Affected: e3296759f34752ea2562678706dbb5bf607af530 , < ecff00802f60fa5d08c133d209ed984a455a41f8 (git)
Affected: e3296759f34752ea2562678706dbb5bf607af530 , < 8b25301af01566f4b5a301fc1ad7c5d2b1788d7f (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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