VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-49867

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_wwan_dellink IOSM driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch sets needs_free_netdev to true when registers network device, which makes netdev subsystem call free_netdev() automatically after unregister_netdevice().

Weakness classification

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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