CVE-2022-50660wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 81% 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: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init() In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs. So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 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
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 81% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce
- affected a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 – < 9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3
- affected 2.6.33
- unaffected < 2.6.33
- 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/75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3 (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-2022-55745 (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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