nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-49922
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() will be called by nfcmrvl_nci_send(), and skb should be freed in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send(). However, nfcmrvl_nci_send() will only free skb when i2c_master_send() return >=0, which means skb will memleak when i2c_master_send() failed. Free skb no matter whether i2c_master_send() succeeds.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < dd0ee55ead91fbb16889dbe7ff0b0f7c9e4e849d ; affected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < 825656ae61e73ddc05f585e6258d284c87064b10 ; affected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < c8e7d4a1166f063703955f1b2e765a6db5bf1771 ; affected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < f30060efcf18883748a0541aa41acef183cd9c0e ; affected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < 52438e734c1566f5e2bcd9a065d2d65e306c0555 ; affected b5b3e23e4cace008e1a30e8614a484d14dfd07a1 < 5dfdac5e3f8db5f4445228c44f64091045644a3b
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.4 ; unaffected 0 < 4.4 ; unaffected 4.9.333 ≤ 4.9.* ; unaffected 4.14.299 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.265 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.224 ≤ 5.4.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD