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wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 5.4.235, 6.1.16, 6.2.3
CVEs
CVE-2022-50294
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 15:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter()

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Sept 2025, 14:45 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.

osv:CVE-2022-50294

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.14.308, 4.19.276, 5.4.235, 5.10.173, 5.15.99, 6.1.16, 6.2.3

Complete source record
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