CVE-2022-50321

wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()

published September 15, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()

The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb

in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.

Compile tested only.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00160 · 4.8th percentile
Published
2025-09-15T14:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:48Z
    wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()
    cvelistv5