Not yet scoredPublished Dec 30, 2025

CVE-2022-50863wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:10 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.

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 fc5f311fce742d906294360e378c1df631d2d692 before d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023; from fc5f311fce742d906294360e378c1df631d2d692 before 216c59b66f2d0c428a4fdaa24dc28cd6be4a2bf6; from fc5f311fce742d906294360e378c1df631d2d692 before eae672f386049146058b9e5d3d33e9e4af9dca1d	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/216c59b66f2d0c428a4fdaa24dc28cd6be4a2bf6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae672f386049146058b9e5d3d33e9e4af9dca1d

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