CVE-2022-50290 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()

When register_netdevice() failed in ieee80211_if_add(), ndev->tstats
isn't released. Fix it.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e5afd3d773c6fc6ca2b89027befaaaa1ea7293
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/147537737a3c83e07a5295de38424c21d354d2a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e32f1299814e8aa2e75aa58704543a36ea3e201
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a50a7f64243bd21a84353c371f3977b9ffd9fa5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2c0b94f48373ee743a4d63825a9d52364418837

History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add() When register_netdevice() failed in ieee80211_if_add(), ndev->tstats isn't released. Fix it.
Title		wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_if_add()
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e5afd3d773c6fc6ca2b89027befaaaa1ea7293 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/147537737a3c83e07a5295de38424c21d354d2a4 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e32f1299814e8aa2e75aa58704543a36ea3e201 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a50a7f64243bd21a84353c371f3977b9ffd9fa5 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2c0b94f48373ee743a4d63825a9d52364418837

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:21:26.335Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:21:26.335Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.811Z

Link: CVE-2022-50290

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:40.280

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50290

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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