CVE-2022-50863
wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak
N/A
Published: December 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Vendor states this is fixed in 216c59b66f2d0c428a4fdaa24dc28cd6be4a2bf6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d4b4f6ff8ff1b87d25977423cf38fb61744d0023 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eae672f386049146058b9e5d3d33e9e4af9dca1d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
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