CVE-2022-50740 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-50740

wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs() Syzkaller reports a long-known leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs(). The cause of the leak is that usb_get_urb() is called but usb_free_urb() (or usb_put_urb()) is not called inside usb_kill_urb() as urb->dev or urb->ep fields have not been initialized and usb_kill_urb() returns immediately. The patch removes trying to kill urbs located in hif_dev->tx.tx_buf because hif_dev->tx.tx_buf is not supposed to contain urbs which are in pending state (the pending urbs are stored in hif_dev->tx.tx_pending). The tx.tx_lock is acquired so there should not be any changes in the list. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
6f0706ef39fecc6bf56d67728fe0c94e26b43e9d, 795d57a558d106b8a5bc2bd7aeaf707d9a099244, df4318440c1568b7dedc5f7d4e617d0e297a1313, a9990ed2d7ca9339d37c7f67d6f5cb298c3f1b34, 03fb92a432ea5abe5909bca1455b7e44a9380480, b92e116ae36f498858dbb18e29a066c3f5348965, 7f5972267295fe49f8da8eb42bc2eb3d140860c0, 2d72d5ce63c92f56b9f978e8befb5838144176b9, 4.9.241, 4.14.203, 4.19.154, 5.4.73, 4.4.241, 5.8.17, 5.9.2, 5.10, 0, 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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