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    CVE-2022-50854

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: virtual_ncidev: Fix memory leak in virtual_nci_send() skb should be free in virtual_nci_send(), otherwise kmemleak will report memleak. Steps for reproduction (simulated in qemu): cd tools/testing/selftests/nci make ./nci_dev BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888107588000 (size 208): comm "nci_dev", pid 206, jiffies 4294945376 (age 368.248s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<000000008d94c8fd>] __alloc_skb+0x1da/0x290 [<00000000278bc7f8>] nci_send_cmd+0xa3/0x350 [<0000000081256a22>] nci_reset_req+0x6b/0xa0 [<000000009e721112>] __nci_request+0x90/0x250 [<000000005d556e59>] nci_dev_up+0x217/0x5b0 [<00000000e618ce62>] nfc_dev_up+0x114/0x220 [<00000000981e226b>] nfc_genl_dev_up+0x94/0xe0 [<000000009bb03517>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.14+0x228/0x2d0 [<00000000b7f8c101>] genl_rcv_msg+0x35c/0x640 [<00000000c94075ff>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x11e/0x350 [<00000000440cfb1e>] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 [<0000000062593b40>] netlink_unicast+0x43f/0x640 [<000000001d0b13cc>] netlink_sendmsg+0x73a/0xbf0 [<000000003272487f>] __sys_sendto+0x324/0x370 [<00000000ef9f1747>] __x64_sys_sendto+0xdd/0x1b0 [<000000001e437841>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90

    Published:Dec 30, 2025
    Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
    EPS:Dec 30, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00025
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    Linux
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    Linux Kernel

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