CVE-2022-50832

kernel: Linux kernel: Memory leak in wilc1000 Wi-Fi driver causes Denial of Service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 30, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's wilc1000 Wi-Fi driver. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit a memory leak in the wilc_mac_xmit() function, which fails to free a socket buffer (skb) under certain conditions. This resource exhaustion vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) on the affected system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime