CVE-2022-49657 (GCVE-0-2022-49657)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-26 02:23
Modified
2025-10-01 19:36
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: fix memory leak in error case usbnet_write_cmd_async() mixed up which buffers need to be freed in which error case. v2: add Fixes tag v3: fix uninitialized buf pointer
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Linux Linux Version: 877bd862f32b815d54ab5fc10a4fd903d7bf3012
Version: 877bd862f32b815d54ab5fc10a4fd903d7bf3012
Version: 877bd862f32b815d54ab5fc10a4fd903d7bf3012
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Version: 877bd862f32b815d54ab5fc10a4fd903d7bf3012
Version: 877bd862f32b815d54ab5fc10a4fd903d7bf3012
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