{"id":"CVE-2022-49867","summary":"net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_wwan_dellink","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_wwan_dellink\n\nIOSM driver registers network device without setting the\nneeds_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when\nunregisters network device, which causes a memory leak.\n\nThis patch sets needs_free_netdev to true when registers\nnetwork device, which makes netdev subsystem call free_netdev()\nautomatically after unregister_netdevice().","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:31.234195226Z","published":"2025-05-01T14:10:19.215Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49867.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128514b51a5ba2c82f9e4a106f1c10423907618a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ce2348c2858d723f7fe389dead9b43b08e0944e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f25caaca424703d5a0607310f0452f978f1f78d9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49867.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49867"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"2a54f2c7793409736f2e5ea101e050b3f1997088"},{"fixed":"2ce2348c2858d723f7fe389dead9b43b08e0944e"},{"fixed":"128514b51a5ba2c82f9e4a106f1c10423907618a"},{"fixed":"f25caaca424703d5a0607310f0452f978f1f78d9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49867.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.14.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.79"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.0.9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49867.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}