CVE-2026-80942

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxb5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 < 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5caffected
LinuxLinuxb5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 < dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344affected
LinuxLinuxb5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 < 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5affected
LinuxLinuxb5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 < 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8affected
LinuxLinux6.11affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.11unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.109 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.50 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2.4 <= 7.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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