CVE-2022-50252

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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-416

Published

2025-09-15

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200f0fbb11e359cc35af72ab10b2ec224e6f633
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0668716506ca66f90d395f36ccdaebc3e0e84801
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314f7092b27749bdde44c14095b5533afa2a3bc8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb18dea11196fb4a06f78294cec5e61985e1aff
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56483aecf6b22eb7dff6315b3a174688c6ad494c

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