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CVE-2022-49312

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2022
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init() In r871xu_drv_init(), if r8712_init_drv_sw() fails, then the memory allocated by r8712_alloc_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_init() is not properly released as there is no action will be performed by r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit(). To properly release it, we should call r8712_free_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit(). Besides, in r871xu_dev_remove(), r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() will be called by r871x_dev_unload() under condition `padapter->bup` and r8712_free_io_queue() is called by r8712_free_drv_sw(). However, r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() does not rely on `padapter->bup` and calling r8712_free_io_queue() in r8712_free_drv_sw() is negative for better understading the code. So I move r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() into r871xu_dev_remove(), and remove r8712_free_io_queue() from r8712_free_drv_sw().

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4efaffectedgit5a89a92efc342dd7c44b6056da87debc598f9c73UnavailableNone listed
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4efaffectedgit8eb42d6d10f8fe509117859defddf9e72b4fa4d0UnavailableNone listed
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4efaffectedgit205e039fead72e87ad2838f5e649a4c4834f648bUnavailableNone listed
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4efaffectedgita2882b8baad068d21c99fb2ab5a85a2bdbd5b834UnavailableNone listed
2865d42c78a9121caad52cb02d1fbb7f5cdbc4efaffectedgit7288ff561de650d4139fab80e9cb0da9b5b32434UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.37affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.37UnavailableNone listed
5.10.122unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.47unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
5.17.15unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.17.*None listed
5.18.4unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.18.*None listed
5.19unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed