CVE-2026-80941

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: Fix potential memory leak in rtw_txq_push_skb() The skb passed to the rtw_hci_tx_write() is expected to be freed when the function fails, but the error path in rtw_txq_push_skb() does not free the skb before returning. This can lead to a memory leak in rtw_txq_push() where a dequeued skb is passed to rtw_txq_push_skb().
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:18:59.227000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:17:25.323000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:18:59.227",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:25.323",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: Fix potential memory leak in rtw_txq_push_skb()\n\nThe skb passed to the rtw_hci_tx_write() is expected to be freed when\nthe function fails, but the error path in rtw_txq_push_skb() does not\nfree the skb before returning. This can lead to a memory leak in\nrtw_txq_push() where a dequeued skb is passed to rtw_txq_push_skb()."
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