CVE-2022-50172 (GCVE-0-2022-50172)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-18 11:03 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:14
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Title
mt76: mt76x02u: fix possible memory leak in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt76x02u: fix possible memory leak in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg Free the skb if mt76u_bulk_msg fails in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg routine.
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Linux Linux Affected: 4c89ff2c74e39b60f1f6e650721f6f92f007ea5b , < 3ad958bc488e3ecb0207d31621c00efb86f17482 (git)
Affected: 4c89ff2c74e39b60f1f6e650721f6f92f007ea5b , < f1609c4f4a21777e081b36596224802b85052ad9 (git)
Affected: 4c89ff2c74e39b60f1f6e650721f6f92f007ea5b , < da1ab462b96c5d47a0755aec957bae3d685538c5 (git)
Affected: 4c89ff2c74e39b60f1f6e650721f6f92f007ea5b , < 2f53ba46d8c97aca681adbe5098e1f84580c446d (git)
Affected: 4c89ff2c74e39b60f1f6e650721f6f92f007ea5b , < cffd93411575afd987788e2ec3cb8eaff70f0215 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.20
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.20 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.137 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.61 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.18.18 , ≤ 5.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.19.2 , ≤ 5.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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