# CVE-2022-50294: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs\_init\_adapter()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.26

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() When kfifo_alloc() failed in lbs_init_adapter(), cmd buffer is not released. Add free memory to processing error path.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c102ad59bfa66c0f6662af64fa3b9007b02c20f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e0ff6980c89239d9e5d3da90d791c2383dc23a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b34e08de5c2380414c9d3c33e8235094bcccae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8f50c7433bdfba1588831c413136ecc3f29f99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037f84c0bfae5c436c651d0e804264e2648010ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653d13a73e498d0bb6aeaf689aaa960defa7878b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46c33f667b05c22bc5c5b69aa730349c4b6fe31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a03958618fb91bb1bc7077cf3211055162cc2f

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