CVE-2022-50660 - Vulnerability Details

- wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()

Description

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

wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()

In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and
the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory
is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs.
So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().

Published: 2025-12-09

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce
`a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25`	affected	< 9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.33`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 2.6.33
`4.14.308`	unaffected	≤ 4.14.*
`4.19.276`	unaffected	≤ 4.19.*
`5.4.235`	unaffected	≤ 5.4.*
`5.10.173`	unaffected	≤ 5.10.*
`5.15.99`	unaffected	≤ 5.15.*
`6.1.16`	unaffected	≤ 6.1.*
`6.2.3`	unaffected	≤ 6.2.*
`6.3`	unaffected	≤ *

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120942-CVE-2022-50660-562d@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50660
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50660

History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120942-CVE-2022-50660-562d@gregkh/T https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50660 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50660
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	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'}` threat_severity `Moderate`

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init() In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs. So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().
Title		wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()
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/112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1

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Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-09T01:29:08.387Z

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:23:09.957Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:26:45.989Z

Link: CVE-2022-50660

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:17.567

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2022-50660

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50660 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Tracking

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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