CVE-2022-50660

wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()

published December 9, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00250 · 15.5th percentile
Published
2025-12-09T01:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 DEC 01:29Z
    wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()
    cvelistv5