5.5

CVE-2026-31604

wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure

Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB
device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to
take additional references unless the structures are needed after
disconnect.

This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does
not to release it on all probe errors (e.g. when descriptor parsing
fails).

Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo
culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is
needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.136
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.83
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.24
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.14
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 7.0 < 7.0.1
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.023
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.