{"id":"CVE-2022-49817","title":"net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink()","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink()\n\nMHI driver registers network device without setting the\nneeds_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when\nunr…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < 88da008e5e2f9753726ea5a51ef2eb144e9de927","Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < 25a270343b0f16e1f6e65f541a15975a35e238ff","Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < f7c125bd79f50ec6094761090be81d02726ec6f4","Linux 5.14"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T19:49:24.458084Z"},"published":"2025-05-01","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T19:49:51.218Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49817","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88da008e5e2f9753726ea5a51ef2eb144e9de927"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a270343b0f16e1f6e65f541a15975a35e238ff"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7c125bd79f50ec6094761090be81d02726ec6f4"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00199,"epssPercentile":0.09815,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.601Z","slug":"CVE-2022-49817","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink()\n\nMHI driver registers network device without setting the\nneeds_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when\nunregisters network device, which causes a memory leak.\n\nThis patch calls free_netdev() to fix it since netdev_priv\nis used after unregister.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < 88da008e5e2f9753726ea5a51ef2eb144e9de927`\n- `Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < 25a270343b0f16e1f6e65f541a15975a35e238ff`\n- `Linux >= 13adac032982c61bb590669e8e87e51558917ca1 < f7c125bd79f50ec6094761090be81d02726ec6f4`\n- `Linux 5.14`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}