CVE-2022-50573
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Publication date: 2025-10-22
Last updated on: 2025-10-22
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix mt7915_rate_txpower_get() resource leaks
Coverity message: variable "buf" going out of scope leaks the storage.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1527799 ("Resource leaks")
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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Exploitability
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a resource leak in the Linux kernel's wifi driver for the mt7915 chipset. Specifically, the function mt7915_rate_txpower_get() has a bug where a variable named "buf" goes out of scope without properly releasing its allocated storage, causing a resource leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The resource leak could lead to increased memory usage or depletion of system resources over time, potentially causing degraded performance or instability in the wifi functionality of affected Linux systems.
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