{"id":"CVE-2022-50186","title":"ath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error\n\nOn htc_tx_completion error the skb is not dropped. This is wrong since\nthe completion_handler logic expect the …","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < dda25326839d6e6b1fe59e79616149e44ea4eaa4","Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < 1f1483361585ae7556492f50f83f038bbdf8c294","Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < e5646fe3b7ef739c392e59da7db6adf5e1fdef42","Linux 5.17"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T20:06:35.864496Z"},"published":"2025-06-18","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T20:10:28.190Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50186","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dda25326839d6e6b1fe59e79616149e44ea4eaa4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f1483361585ae7556492f50f83f038bbdf8c294"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5646fe3b7ef739c392e59da7db6adf5e1fdef42"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00249,"epssPercentile":0.16368,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.700Z","slug":"CVE-2022-50186","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error\n\nOn htc_tx_completion error the skb is not dropped. This is wrong since\nthe completion_handler logic expect the skb to be consumed anyway even\nwhen an error is triggered. Not freeing the skb on error is a memory\nleak since the skb won't be freed anywere else. Correctly free the\npacket on eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT before returning.\n\nTested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01208-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < dda25326839d6e6b1fe59e79616149e44ea4eaa4`\n- `Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < 1f1483361585ae7556492f50f83f038bbdf8c294`\n- `Linux >= f951380a6022440335f668f85296096ba13071ba < e5646fe3b7ef739c392e59da7db6adf5e1fdef42`\n- `Linux 5.17`\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":[]}