CVE-2022-49028: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbevf: Fix resource leak in ixgbevf_init_module() ixgbevf_init_module() won't destroy the workqueue created by create_singlethread_workqueue() when pci_register_driver() failed. Add destroy_workqueue() in fail path to prevent the resource leak. Similar to the handling of u132_hcd_init in commit f276e002793c ("usb: u132-hcd: fix resource leak")

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.5, before 5.10.158 (fixed in 5.10.158); from 5.11, before 5.15.82 (fixed in 5.15.82); from 5.16, before 6.0.12 (fixed in 6.0.12); version 6.1 only

Published 2024-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.