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GHSA-82XC-PJRP-M39R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-11 21:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw88: pci: fix resource leak on failed NAPI setup

rtw_pci_probe() allocates PCI resources through rtw_pci_setup_resource() before it sets up NAPI. If rtw_pci_napi_init() fails, the error path jumps straight to err_pci_declaim and skips rtw_pci_destroy(), leaving the PCI resources allocated by rtw_pci_setup_resource() behind.

Add a dedicated cleanup label for the NAPI setup failure path so probe destroys the PCI resources.

The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing current mainline kernels. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc7.

An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a suitable rtw88 PCI board to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.

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CVE-2026-80940 (GCVE-0-2026-80940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:42 – Updated: 2026-09-11 19:42

Title

wifi: rtw88: pci: fix resource leak on failed NAPI setup

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: pci: fix resource leak on failed NAPI setup rtw_pci_probe() allocates PCI resources through rtw_pci_setup_resource() before it sets up NAPI. If rtw_pci_napi_init() fails, the error path jumps straight to err_pci_declaim and skips rtw_pci_destroy(), leaving the PCI resources allocated by rtw_pci_setup_resource() behind. Add a dedicated cleanup label for the NAPI setup failure path so probe destroys the PCI resources. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing current mainline kernels. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc7. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a suitable rtw88 PCI board to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/481fff9bda01720c7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a505071d1ffc5eb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1596e212ab173993…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e779df4806cd29cbc…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527 , < 481fff9bda01720c70b19fb260808145a3f21594 (git) Affected: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527 , < 34a505071d1ffc5ebf3dc3cd16d2a12b044bcc84 (git) Affected: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527 , < b1596e212ab1739930b25b9d3daf6b5cd307b537 (git) Affected: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527 , < e779df4806cd29cbcca5c9dc0a1073662c76b889 (git)
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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