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CVE-2026-80942

wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars() The memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). Fix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 · fixed in 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c; From b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 · fixed in dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344; From b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 · fixed in 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5; From b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 · fixed in 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8

  • Linux Linux

    6.11

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.11.0 · fixed in 6.12.109; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.50; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.4

References 4

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