CVE-2022-50565 (GCVE-0-2022-50565)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-22 13:23
Modified
2025-10-22 13:23
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx() urbs does not be freed in exception paths in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx(). That will trigger memory leak. To fix it, add kfree() for urbs within "error" label. Compile tested only.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124
Version: 68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124
Version: 68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/purelifi/plfxlc/usb.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "286464463a05cb4bad80b134e24f8ffaab20bee4",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "fce7e46273649d9cdcd98d89551975a65f206a14",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "895b3b06efc285c1245242e9638b9ae251dc13ec",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "68d57a07bfe5bb29b80cd8b8fa24c9d1ea104124",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireless/purelifi/plfxlc/usb.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "5.19"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "5.19",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.0.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.0.16",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.2",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.2",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.16",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.19",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.2",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.19",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.2",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "5.19",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx()\n\nurbs does not be freed in exception paths in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx().\nThat will trigger memory leak. To fix it, add kfree() for urbs within\n\"error\" label. Compile tested only."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-10-22T13:23:23.335Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/286464463a05cb4bad80b134e24f8ffaab20bee4"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fce7e46273649d9cdcd98d89551975a65f206a14"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895b3b06efc285c1245242e9638b9ae251dc13ec"
        }
      ],
      "title": "wifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx()",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2022-50565",
    "datePublished": "2025-10-22T13:23:23.335Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-10-22T13:20:23.760Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-10-22T13:23:23.335Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2022-50565\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"published\":\"2025-10-22T14:15:41.313\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-10-22T21:12:48.953\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Awaiting Analysis\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nwifi: plfxlc: fix potential memory leak in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx()\\n\\nurbs does not be freed in exception paths in __lf_x_usb_enable_rx().\\nThat will trigger memory leak. To fix it, add kfree() for urbs within\\n\\\"error\\\" label. Compile tested only.\"}],\"metrics\":{},\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/286464463a05cb4bad80b134e24f8ffaab20bee4\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895b3b06efc285c1245242e9638b9ae251dc13ec\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fce7e46273649d9cdcd98d89551975a65f206a14\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.