CVE-2022-50469

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential memory leak in rtw_init_drv_sw() In rtw_init_drv_sw(), there are various init functions are called to populate the padapter structure and some checks for their return value. However, except for the first one error path, the other five error paths do not properly release the previous allocated resources, which leads to various memory leaks. This patch fixes them and keeps the success and error separate. Note that these changes keep the form of `rtw_init_drv_sw()` in "drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c". As there is no proper device to test with, no runtime testing was performed.

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-50469 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2022-50469.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5aa9cce621e2c0e25a1e5d72d6be1749167cc0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b2052b365f8035ab7f09ac24b5b499002b298cb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4573a2bad3c3e2643ef3939079eb7035a30e6ee
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d95d1526d9f06978c1a7186810a5490d72c62742
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100122-CVE-2022-50469-bbc4@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50469
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50469