ghsa-ghxm-9c38-6fmq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-15 15:31
Modified
2025-09-15 15:31
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

When register_netdevice() failed in ieee80211_if_add(), ndev->tstats isn't released. Fix it.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-50290"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-15T15:15:40Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()\n\nWhen register_netdevice() failed in ieee80211_if_add(), ndev-\u003etstats\nisn\u0027t released. Fix it.",
  "id": "GHSA-ghxm-9c38-6fmq",
  "modified": "2025-09-15T15:31:26Z",
  "published": "2025-09-15T15:31:26Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50290"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/147537737a3c83e07a5295de38424c21d354d2a4"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e32f1299814e8aa2e75aa58704543a36ea3e201"
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    {
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a50a7f64243bd21a84353c371f3977b9ffd9fa5"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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