# CVE-2022-50832: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc\_mac\_xmit()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix potential memory leak in wilc_mac_xmit() The wilc_mac_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.

## What to do

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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/a12610e83789c838493034e5c50ac5c903ad8c0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1e94fb4d09d0fcfeaa73aa49d787f06c42db7ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5706d00fde3f1d5eb7296a4dfefb6aea35108224
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07dcd756e28f27e4f8fcd8b809ffa05a5cc5de2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baef42df7de7c35ba60b75a5f96d1eb039f4d782
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb962ec9e1c9a81babd3d37542ad4bd6ac3396e

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