CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80942

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the rtlwifi driver (rtl8192du) does not free memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). This leads to a memory leak.

Risk Assessment

Repeated memory leaks can lead to exhaustion of kernel resources and system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that adds a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS