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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: virtual_ncidev: Fix memory leak in virtual_nci_send()\n\nskb should be free in virtual_nci_send(), otherwise kmemleak will report\nmemleak.\n\nSteps for reproduction (simulated in qemu):\n\tcd tools/testing/selftests/nci\n\tmake\n\t./nci_dev\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff888107588000 (size 208):\n comm \"nci_dev\", pid 206, jiffies 4294945376 (age 368.248s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace:\n [<000000008d94c8fd>] __alloc_skb+0x1da/0x290\n [<00000000278bc7f8>] nci_send_cmd+0xa3/0x350\n [<0000000081256a22>] nci_reset_req+0x6b/0xa0\n [<000000009e721112>] __nci_request+0x90/0x250\n [<000000005d556e59>] nci_dev_up+0x217/0x5b0\n [<00000000e618ce62>] nfc_dev_up+0x114/0x220\n [<00000000981e226b>] nfc_genl_dev_up+0x94/0xe0\n [<000000009bb03517>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.14+0x228/0x2d0\n [<00000000b7f8c101>] genl_rcv_msg+0x35c/0x640\n [<00000000c94075ff>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x11e/0x350\n [<00000000440cfb1e>] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n [<0000000062593b40>] netlink_unicast+0x43f/0x640\n [<000000001d0b13cc>] netlink_sendmsg+0x73a/0xbf0\n [<000000003272487f>] __sys_sendto+0x324/0x370\n [<00000000ef9f1747>] __x64_sys_sendto+0xdd/0x1b0\n [<000000001e437841>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90"}], "id": "CVE-2022-50854", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-12-30T13:16:00.117", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c46a9a5f0b1c7341aa67667801079f3ff571678"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e879c9f59511174ef0ab1a3c9c83e2dbf8a213"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e840d8f4a1b323973052a1af5ad4edafcde8ae3d"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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