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

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the
kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original
adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:15:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:02:30.980Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:58:00.973Z

Link: CVE-2022-50252

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T14:15:35.877

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:21:42.937

Link: CVE-2022-50252

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