CVE-2022-50663

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the stmmac dvr probe() function within the stmmac driver. Specifically, if create singlethread workqueue() fails, the bitmap free() function is not called to free priv->af xdp zc qps, resulting in a memory leak. The issue is addressed by adding an error path to handle failures during workqueue initialization.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.