CVE-2022-50162

MEDIUM EPSS 5.2%
Published Jun 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jun 18, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe() usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.5  –  <4.14.291
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.256
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.211
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.137
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.61
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.19  –  <5.19.2

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00d0c4e59c0f8ad1f86874bb64b220394e687028
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8e2f9ce1428e44cb103035eeced7aeb6b80980
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b92f406a5199b6b01dc664b9226d824ae2835f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b2ec97487399c58ae2e34f250f4884e671799b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd57e1d120bf13d4dc6c200a7cf914e6347a316
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878e7f39803a9ab5bb9766956a7a04351d4bf99d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e5d3e46a3a2100253a9717a4df98d68aeb10b8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7365590d15bbd9008f424ef043d1778ffe29f42
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00d0c4e59c0f8ad1f86874bb64b220394e687028
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8e2f9ce1428e44cb103035eeced7aeb6b80980
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b92f406a5199b6b01dc664b9226d824ae2835f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b2ec97487399c58ae2e34f250f4884e671799b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd57e1d120bf13d4dc6c200a7cf914e6347a316
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878e7f39803a9ab5bb9766956a7a04351d4bf99d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e5d3e46a3a2100253a9717a4df98d68aeb10b8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7365590d15bbd9008f424ef043d1778ffe29f42
    Patch