CVE-2026-98710wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for the EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with il_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a successful probe. As a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed. Free the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the mac80211 hardware structure. This issue was found by manual code inspection.
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- Weakness (CWE)
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- 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 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 18, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 before ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e; from 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 before cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783; from 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 before 89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b; from 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 before f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d
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