CVE-2026-80942

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Description

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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-11 20:18:59.660000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:25.440000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-80942",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:18:59.660",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:25.440",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()\n\nThe memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in\nany of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars().\nFix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error\npath."
    }
  ],
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