In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.
Title wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:48:54.808Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:48:54.808Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.814Z

Link: CVE-2022-50321

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:44.110

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50321

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50321 - Bugzilla