Not yet scoredPublished Dec 8, 2025

CVE-2022-50660wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:50 AM ET)

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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().

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce; from a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25 before 9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3

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