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CVE-2026-80942 (GCVE-0-2026-80942)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:42 – Updated: 2026-09-11 19:42
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Title
wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()
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.
Severity
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Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 , < 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c (git)
Affected: b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 , < dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344 (git)
Affected: b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 , < 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5 (git)
Affected: b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 , < 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.109 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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