CVE-2022-50321 (GCVE-0-2022-50321)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 14:48
Modified
2025-09-15 14:48
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/212fde3fe76e962598ce1d47b97cc78afdfc71b3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4d18318f473e97d628f410215b3fac32d07aed
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c55fdebc1c358de96bfab52ed309d58a3ba66ef
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f159116d620615779adbf88a5d94713702216d8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d869a189505224601e310c7769cb90b0e2f60b31
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08e6812efb6a8c676e733de0518594d1517e0d9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d01e85cf46628647cd696cb72ba4659b18967f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ef89e5b89ee041a94eecfb6c31fcc237f9168c
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Linux Linux Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
Version: 270a6c1f65fe68a28a5d39cd405592c550b496c7
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