5.5

CVE-2022-49312

staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()

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

staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()

In r871xu_drv_init(), if r8712_init_drv_sw() fails, then the memory
allocated by r8712_alloc_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_init() is not
properly released as there is no action will be performed by
r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().
To properly release it, we should call r8712_free_io_queue() in
r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().

Besides, in r871xu_dev_remove(), r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() will be called
by r871x_dev_unload() under condition `padapter->bup` and
r8712_free_io_queue() is called by r8712_free_drv_sw().
However, r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() does not rely on `padapter->bup` and
calling r8712_free_io_queue() in r8712_free_drv_sw() is negative for
better understading the code.
So I move r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() into r871xu_dev_remove(), and remove
r8712_free_io_queue() from r8712_free_drv_sw().
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version < 5.10.122
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.47
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.17.15
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.18 < 5.18.4
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
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CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.