CVE-2026-68410 (GCVE-0-2026-68410)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:04 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:35
VLAI
Title
wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in helper_firmware_cb()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in helper_firmware_cb() helper_firmware_cb() neglects to free the single-stage firmware image after a successful async load, leading to a memory leak in the USB firmware-download path. Fix this memory leak by calling release_firmware() immediately after lbs_fw_loaded() returns. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in the current wireless tree. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have compatible Libertas USB hardware for exercising this firmware-download path, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < 6c1f54a04813676c5a2150d99331c8d21f199374 (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < 7f28722b3e4e0c8d49c859fea4a9b1fa13b5ae06 (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < ce829286f4935f1eb6b5dcb64da02910ce149c76 (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < d497b7566e74920acfe283dd6b2cbf1682890796 (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < eaeb1d74a47fc4864f2c754c0b9d654a9b7dc55c (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < 6cda91bbb8dc3d22ef0323008a12dcf73a5129da (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < 644640cde2fb216e6567de5eee780a38dbc95928 (git)
Affected: 1dfba3060fe7ee03ccec25a91d35085142dfc295 , < 63c2391deefb31e1b801b7f32bd502ca4808639b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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