CVE-2022-50418

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50418
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50418.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50418
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-09-18T16:04:01Z
Modified
2025-10-16T09:16:18.920323Z
Summary
wifi: ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi_register()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11kmhiregister()

mhialloccontroller() allocates a memory space for mhictrl. When gets some error, mhictrl should be freed with mhifreecontroller(). But when ath11kmhireadaddrfromdt() fails, the function returns without calling mhifree_controller(), which will lead to a memory leak.

We can fix it by calling mhifreecontroller() when ath11kmhireadaddrfrom_dt() fails.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d
Fixed
72ef896e80b6ec7cdc1dd42577045f8e7c9c32b3
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d
Fixed
015ced9eb63b8b19cb725a1d592d150b60494ced
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d
Fixed
43e7c3505ec70db3d3c6458824d5fa40f62e3e7b

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.10
v5.10-rc1
v5.10-rc2
v5.10-rc3
v5.10-rc4
v5.10-rc5
v5.10-rc6
v5.10-rc7
v5.11
v5.11-rc1
v5.11-rc2
v5.11-rc3
v5.11-rc4
v5.11-rc5
v5.11-rc6
v5.11-rc7
v5.12
v5.12-rc1
v5.12-rc1-dontuse
v5.12-rc2
v5.12-rc3
v5.12-rc4
v5.12-rc5
v5.12-rc6
v5.12-rc7
v5.12-rc8
v5.13
v5.13-rc1
v5.13-rc2
v5.13-rc3
v5.13-rc4
v5.13-rc5
v5.13-rc6
v5.13-rc7
v5.14
v5.14-rc1
v5.14-rc2
v5.14-rc3
v5.14-rc4
v5.14-rc5
v5.14-rc6
v5.14-rc7
v5.15
v5.15-rc1
v5.15-rc2
v5.15-rc3
v5.15-rc4
v5.15-rc5
v5.15-rc6
v5.15-rc7
v5.16
v5.16-rc1
v5.16-rc2
v5.16-rc3
v5.16-rc4
v5.16-rc5
v5.16-rc6
v5.16-rc7
v5.16-rc8
v5.17
v5.17-rc1
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1
v5.19.10
v5.19.11
v5.19.12
v5.19.13
v5.19.14
v5.19.15
v5.19.16
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.4
v5.19.5
v5.19.6
v5.19.7
v5.19.8
v5.19.9
v5.4
v5.4-rc6
v5.4-rc7
v5.4-rc8
v5.5
v5.5-rc1
v5.5-rc2
v5.5-rc3
v5.5-rc4
v5.5-rc5
v5.5-rc6
v5.5-rc7
v5.6
v5.6-rc1
v5.6-rc2
v5.6-rc3
v5.6-rc4
v5.6-rc5
v5.6-rc6
v5.6-rc7
v5.7
v5.7-rc1
v5.7-rc2
v5.7-rc3
v5.7-rc4
v5.7-rc5
v5.7-rc6
v5.7-rc7
v5.8
v5.8-rc1
v5.8-rc2
v5.8-rc3
v5.8-rc4
v5.8-rc5
v5.8-rc6
v5.8-rc7
v5.9
v5.9-rc1
v5.9-rc2
v5.9-rc3
v5.9-rc4
v5.9-rc5
v5.9-rc6
v5.9-rc7
v5.9-rc8

v6.*

v6.0
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2
v6.0-rc3
v6.0-rc4
v6.0-rc5
v6.0-rc6
v6.0-rc7
v6.0.1
v6.0.2

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.6.0
Fixed
5.19.17
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.20.0
Fixed
6.0.3