Not yet scoredPublished Sep 11, 2026

CVE-2026-80948wifi: iwlwifi: dvm: fix memory leak in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:50 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: dvm: fix memory leak in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start() In iwl_op_mode_dvm_start(), jumping to out_free_eeprom currently bypasses the out_free_eeprom_blob label. Consequently, error paths triggered after successfully parsing the EEPROM free priv->nvm_data but leak priv->eeprom_blob. Fix this memory leak by reordering the error handling labels so that out_free_eeprom falls through to out_free_eeprom_blob. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc6. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have supported Intel DVM wireless hardware and firmware to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.

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: Sep 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

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Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 before 84ba017a1e1ea7896ed1e3258c947bdbfc5299c5; from 26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 before ad2a9fdca4a7100472be82ee6048c616fc589720; from 26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 before 67105abd6195a685a84dcb8a5daf54a1f4bfdb60	CNA record

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ba017a1e1ea7896ed1e3258c947bdbfc5299c5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2a9fdca4a7100472be82ee6048c616fc589720
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67105abd6195a685a84dcb8a5daf54a1f4bfdb60

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