CVE-2022-50723 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test()

Free the kzalloc'ed buffer before returning in the success path.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Vendors	Products
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba077d683d45190afc993c1ce45bcdbfda741a40
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be083d97031712a2e16fd915ddb8fe1a6cb1fbc5

History

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test() Free the kzalloc'ed buffer before returning in the success path.
Title		bnxt_en: fix memory leak in bnxt_nvm_test()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba077d683d45190afc993c1ce45bcdbfda741a40 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be083d97031712a2e16fd915ddb8fe1a6cb1fbc5

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-24T12:22:45.480Z

Updated: 2025-12-24T12:22:45.480Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T12:20:40.330Z

Link: CVE-2022-50723

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-24T13:15:58.960

Modified: 2025-12-24T13:15:58.960

Link: CVE-2022-50723

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Weaknesses

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