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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-50162
wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe()
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe() usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b2ec97487399c58ae2e34f250f4884e671799b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8e2f9ce1428e44cb103035eeced7aeb6b80980
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878e7f39803a9ab5bb9766956a7a04351d4bf99d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e5d3e46a3a2100253a9717a4df98d68aeb10b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7365590d15bbd9008f424ef043d1778ffe29f42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00d0c4e59c0f8ad1f86874bb64b220394e687028
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b92f406a5199b6b01dc664b9226d824ae2835f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd57e1d120bf13d4dc6c200a7cf914e6347a316
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, 3.5, 0, 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 18th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.