CVE-2026-80942wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.17%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 38 days later
· 38 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 94% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 – < 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c
- affected b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 – < dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344
- affected b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 – < 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5
- affected b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4 – < 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8
- affected 6.11
- unaffected < 6.11
- unaffected 6.12.109 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.50 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.4 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-76265 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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