CVE-2022-50863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak

This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.

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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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/216c59b66f2d0c428a4fdaa24dc28cd6be4a2bf6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae672f386049146058b9e5d3d33e9e4af9dca1d

History

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.
Title		wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak
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/216c59b66f2d0c428a4fdaa24dc28cd6be4a2bf6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae672f386049146058b9e5d3d33e9e4af9dca1d

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-30T12:15:35.834Z

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:15:35.834Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:07.135Z

Link: CVE-2022-50863

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:01.103

Modified: 2025-12-30T13:16:01.103

Link: CVE-2022-50863

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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