CVE-2022-50660: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init()

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50660DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50660
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50660 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ipw2200: fix memory leak in ipw_wdev_init() In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs. So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu122 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-152.169 | < 5.15.0-75.82
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1104.112 | < 5.15.0-1038.43
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.20-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 75d20ba9506eb90d92e660e04dd887ff1495fcc3 | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < fb3517b92a45c8004ac26250ae041a24eb23fef1 | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 112c1af02b8f535baf42ef9d807aea963705ef15 | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 8a2eb9d9d0c1535bc8e22840193bff4cdcac878b | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 9424ea9d557ef41d86eb40b6349ae991c3dcff89 | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 62ec7e8bf42f1542f966dda687c654aae81718c8 | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 1f590fb3d14e5db3a9e06ee141b1685c429278ce | ≥ a3caa99e6c68f466c13cfea74097f6fb01b45e25, < 9fe21dc626117fb44a8eb393713a86a620128ce3 | 2.6.33

3 vendors · 124 products

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