CVE-2022-50832: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit()

CVE-2022-50832 PUBLISHED

wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit()

Reported by linux · Published December 30, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit() The wilc_mac_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.

EPSS 0.25% · 16.6th percentile

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
Linux	Linux	deb962ec9e1c9a81babd3d37542ad4bd6ac3396e, baef42df7de7c35ba60b75a5f96d1eb039f4d782, a1e94fb4d09d0fcfeaa73aa49d787f06c42db7ee, a12610e83789c838493034e5c50ac5c903ad8c0d

Risk scores

EPSS Score

0.25%

16.6th percentile

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	c5c77ba18ea66aa05441c71e38473efb787705a4, c5c77ba18ea66aa05441c71e38473efb787705a4, c5c77ba18ea66aa05441c71e38473efb787705a4
Linux	Linux	4.2, 0, 5.4.235
Linux	Linux	6.2.3, 6.3, 5.15.99
linux	linux_kernel	4.2, 4.2, 4.2

Timeline

Dec 30, 2025 CVE Published
Dec 31, 2025 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory (25 in total, the first dated here)
Oct 4, 2026 Distribution Patch (24 in total, the first dated here)

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