CVE-2022-50863

kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service via memory leak in wifi power saving mode

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 30, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's wifi driver. Under power saving mode, the driver fails to properly free unused socket buffers (skb), leading to a memory leak. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exhausting system memory.

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