CVE-2022-50660

A memory leak vulnerability was found in the ipw2200 wireless driver in the Linux kernel. When an error occurs in ipw_wdev_init(), the allocated memory is not properly freed in the error path. Additionally, ipw_pci_probe() does not release this memory either. Repeated failures can lead to memory exhaustion and system instability.

This is a memory leak in the ipw2200 wireless driver affecting systems with Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2915ABG adapters. The impact is limited as it requires error conditions during device initialization to trigger.

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