CVE-2022-50573
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Publication date: 2025-10-22

Last updated on: 2025-10-22

Assigner: kernel.org

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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Published
2025-10-22
Last Modified
2025-10-22
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-22
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2022-50573
EUVD
EUVD-2022-55655
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linux linux_kernel *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

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.

Impact Analysis

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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