# CVE-2026-98710: wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.27
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.27, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.56; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for the EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with il_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a successful probe. As a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed. Free the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the mac80211 hardware structure. This issue was found by manual code inspection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52990dd317f76c1baa3665e3b1513cf3d4b48f5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a17d3fbca1731ae84c03a3dea0970f62f19757fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a3af97a23f6778887528c1fb4ffc60017ed0e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ebc529726c0c038f49e513a7a6f1893552ee803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d

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