CVE-2022-50513

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix a potential memory leak in rtw_init_cmd_priv() In rtw_init_cmd_priv(), if `pcmdpriv->rsp_allocated_buf` is allocated in failure, then `pcmdpriv->cmd_allocated_buf` will be not properly released. Besides, considering there are only two error paths and the first one can directly return, so we do not need implicitly jump to the `exit` tag to execute the error handler. So this patch added `kfree(pcmdpriv->cmd_allocated_buf);` on the error path to release the resource and simplified the return logic of rtw_init_cmd_priv(). As there is no proper device to test with, no runtime testing was performed.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 7, 2025
First seenOct 7, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.12 ≤ v < 5.4.220, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.150, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.75, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.19.17, 6.0 ≤ v < 6.0.35.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3

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