CVE-2022-50711 (GCVE-0-2022-50711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-24 10:55 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:24
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Title
net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix possible memory leak in mtk_probe()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: fix possible memory leak in mtk_probe() If mtk_wed_add_hw() has been called, mtk_wed_exit() needs be called in error path or removing module to free the memory allocated in mtk_wed_add_hw().
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 804775dfc2885e93a0a4b35db1914c2cc25172b5 , < 96bde7c4f5683d8c1c809ddb781ef3fdec9b7215 (git)
Affected: 804775dfc2885e93a0a4b35db1914c2cc25172b5 , < b3d0d98179d62f9d55635a600679c4fa362baf8d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.6 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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