CVE-2022-50162
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wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe()
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
June 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50162
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00d0c4e59c0f8ad1f86874bb64b220394e687028
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8e2f9ce1428e44cb103035eeced7aeb6b80980
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b92f406a5199b6b01dc664b9226d824ae2835f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b2ec97487399c58ae2e34f250f4884e671799b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fd57e1d120bf13d4dc6c200a7cf914e6347a316
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/878e7f39803a9ab5bb9766956a7a04351d4bf99d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e5d3e46a3a2100253a9717a4df98d68aeb10b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7365590d15bbd9008f424ef043d1778ffe29f42
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50162.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50162