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CVE-2022-49881

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

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query_regdb_file() In the function query_regdb_file() the alpha2 parameter is duplicated using kmemdup() and subsequently freed in regdb_fw_cb(). However, request_firmware_nowait() can fail without calling regdb_fw_cb() and thus leak memory.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401, CWE-401

References