CVE-2022-50418

CVE-2022-50418 concerns the Linux kernel wifi path, specifically the ath11k MHI workflow. The issue: when mhi_alloc_controller() allocates mhi_ctrl and ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails, the code path returns without freeing the allocated controller, causing a memory leak. The documented fix a...

kernel: wifi: ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi_register()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11kmhiregister mhialloccontroller allocates a memory space for mhictrl. When gets some error, mhictrl should be freed with mhifreecontroller. But when ath11kmhireadaddrfromdt...