Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50660

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().

EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, 2.6.33, 0

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