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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw()

In rtw_init_drv_sw(), there are various init functions are called to
populate the padapter structure and some checks for their return value.
However, except for the first one error path, the other five error paths
do not properly release the previous allocated resources, which leads to
various memory leaks.

This patch fixes them and keeps the success and error separate.
Note that these changes keep the form of `rtw_init_drv_sw()` in
"drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c". As there is no proper device
to test with, no runtime testing was performed.
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Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
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Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw() In rtw_init_drv_sw(), there are various init functions are called to populate the padapter structure and some checks for their return value. However, except for the first one error path, the other five error paths do not properly release the previous allocated resources, which leads to various memory leaks. This patch fixes them and keeps the success and error separate. Note that these changes keep the form of `rtw_init_drv_sw()` in "drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c". As there is no proper device to test with, no runtime testing was performed.
Title staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-02T07:04:18.862Z

Reserved: 2025-10-01T11:38:45.642Z

Link: CVE-2022-50469

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:40.757

Modified: 2025-10-02T19:12:17.160

Link: CVE-2022-50469

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50469 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:38:40Z

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