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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025· Updated Dec 23, 2025

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

CVE-2022-50252

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

Avoid potential use-after-free condition under memory pressure. If the kzalloc() fails, q_vector will be freed but left in the original adapter->q_vector[v_idx] array position.

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