In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink() MHI driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch calls free_netdev() to fix it since netdev_priv is used after unregister.
History

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:00:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 02 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 01 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink() MHI driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch calls free_netdev() to fix it since netdev_priv is used after unregister.
Title net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-05-01T14:09:40.325Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:45:57.391Z

Reserved: 2025-05-01T14:05:17.227Z

Link: CVE-2022-49817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-01T15:16:05.103

Modified: 2025-05-02T13:53:20.943

Link: CVE-2022-49817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49817 - Bugzilla