PT-2025-53950 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2022-12-22 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2022-50832

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Description A memory leak exists in the wilc mac xmit() function within the wilc1000 driver. The function returns NETDEV TX OK without freeing the socket buffer (skb), leading to a potential memory leak. This issue was addressed by adding dev kfree skb() to free the skb. Testing was limited to compilation.

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

Exploit

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-01177

CVE-2022-50832

RHSA-2023:6583

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Wilc1000

References · 983

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50832.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50832 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50832 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-01177 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50832 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50832 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50832 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50832 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50832 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255996 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54118 · Note