CVE-2022-50252

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

Published: 9/15/2025 Last updated: 12/23/2025 Reserved: 9/15/2025

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.

CNA assigner: Linux (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (28)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (3)

Product	Vendor	Version
Linux	Linux	n/a
Linux	Linux	<= 2023.2
Linux	Linux	All versions < V3.3

CVE-2022-50252

igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated

Opam packages affected (28)

Products affected (3)

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