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CVE-2022-50294wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 98e0ff6980c89239d9e5d3da90d791c2383dc23a
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 23b34e08de5c2380414c9d3c33e8235094bcccae
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 9c8f50c7433bdfba1588831c413136ecc3f29f99
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 037f84c0bfae5c436c651d0e804264e2648010ec
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 653d13a73e498d0bb6aeaf689aaa960defa7878b
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < d46c33f667b05c22bc5c5b69aa730349c4b6fe31
- affected 7919b89c8276d657976d4d4d6b7cb58ea1aa08c3 – < 16a03958618fb91bb1bc7077cf3211055162cc2f
- affected 2.6.26
- unaffected < 2.6.26
- unaffected 4.14.308 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.276 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.235 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.173 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.99 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.16 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2.3 – ≤ 6.2.*
- unaffected 6.3 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e0ff6980c89239d9e5d3da90d791c2383dc23a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b34e08de5c2380414c9d3c33e8235094bcccae (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8f50c7433bdfba1588831c413136ecc3f29f99 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037f84c0bfae5c436c651d0e804264e2648010ec (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653d13a73e498d0bb6aeaf689aaa960defa7878b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46c33f667b05c22bc5c5b69aa730349c4b6fe31 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a03958618fb91bb1bc7077cf3211055162cc2f (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-55561 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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