# CVE-2022-49881: wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query\_regdb\_file()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query_regdb_file() In the function query_regdb_file() the alpha2 parameter is duplicated using kmemdup() and subsequently freed in regdb_fw_cb(). However, request_firmware_nowait() can fail without calling regdb_fw_cb() and thus leak memory.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219446396786330937bcd382a7bc4ccd767383bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ede1a988299e95d54bd89551fd635980572e920
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1e12180321f416d83444f2cdc9259e0f5093d35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c9fa2cc6bf4b6e1a74057aef8b5cffd23d3264
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9b5a4566d5bc71cc901be50d1fa24da00613120
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b962e627ec0ae53d4d16d7bd1033e27e67677a

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