HighFix available
igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 5.4.229, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-50252
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 18:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Sept 2025, 14:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.
osv:CVE-2022-50252
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2
Complete source record
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