CVE-2022-50252 (GCVE-0-2022-50252)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 14:02
Modified
2025-09-15 14:02
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200f0fbb11e359cc35af72ab10b2ec224e6f633
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0668716506ca66f90d395f36ccdaebc3e0e84801
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314f7092b27749bdde44c14095b5533afa2a3bc8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb18dea11196fb4a06f78294cec5e61985e1aff
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56483aecf6b22eb7dff6315b3a174688c6ad494c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ca1969599857143e91aeec4440640656100803
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e8adbcaf7a8743e473343b38b9dad66e2ac6f3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e399577bd397a517df4b938601108c63769ce0a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96bd8adc8adde25390965a8c1ee81b73cb62075
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Linux Linux Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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Version: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
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