# CVE-2022-49922: nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl\_i2c\_nci\_send()

- 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: 4.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() will be called by nfcmrvl_nci_send(), and skb should be freed in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send(). However, nfcmrvl_nci_send() will only free skb when i2c_master_send() return >=0, which means skb will memleak when i2c_master_send() failed. Free skb no matter whether i2c_master_send() succeeds.

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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/dd0ee55ead91fbb16889dbe7ff0b0f7c9e4e849d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/825656ae61e73ddc05f585e6258d284c87064b10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e7d4a1166f063703955f1b2e765a6db5bf1771
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f30060efcf18883748a0541aa41acef183cd9c0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52438e734c1566f5e2bcd9a065d2d65e306c0555
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfdac5e3f8db5f4445228c44f64091045644a3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a1df9c6da20c02cf9872f8b025a66ddb307aeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d904a734a74c54d945a9884b4962977f1176cd

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