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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.3
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200f0fbb11e359cc35af72ab10b2ec224e6f633mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0668716506ca66f90d395f36ccdaebc3e0e84801mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/314f7092b27749bdde44c14095b5533afa2a3bc8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb18dea11196fb4a06f78294cec5e61985e1affmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/56483aecf6b22eb7dff6315b3a174688c6ad494cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ca1969599857143e91aeec4440640656100803mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e8adbcaf7a8743e473343b38b9dad66e2ac6f3mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e399577bd397a517df4b938601108c63769ce0amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96bd8adc8adde25390965a8c1ee81b73cb62075mitre
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