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CVE-2022-50162

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 bef…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.5 before 4.14.291
from 4.15 before 4.19.256
from 4.20 before 5.4.211
from 5.5 before 5.10.137
from 5.11 before 5.15.61
from 5.16 before 5.18.18

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