PT-2025-52941 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-12-24 · Updated 2025-12-27 · CVE-2022-50711

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the mtk probe() function within the mtk eth soc module of the Linux kernel's networking subsystem. Specifically, if the mtk wed add hw() function is called, the corresponding mtk wed exit() function must also be called in the error path or when removing the module to free the allocated memory. Failure to do so results in a memory leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50711

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Mtk Eth Soc

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50711.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50711 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50711 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96bde7c4f5683d8c1c809ddb781ef3fdec9b7215 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2004868120029397049 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3d0d98179d62f9d55635a600679c4fa362baf8d · Note