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CVE-2022-49867

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-05-01 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_wwan_dellink IOSM driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch sets needs_free_netdev to true when registers network device, which makes netdev subsystem call free_netdev() automatically after unregister_netdevice().

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401, CWE-401

References