Not yet scoredPublished Sep 11, 2026

CVE-2026-80942wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 12:40 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 before 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c; from b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 before dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344; from b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 before 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5; from b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 before 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8

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