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

wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()

The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb
in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.
Compile tested only.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

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

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.
Title wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:48:54.808Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.814Z

Link: CVE-2022-50321

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:44.110

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

Link: CVE-2022-50321

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