{"cve":"CVE-2026-90378","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-17T17:17:37.040","modified":"2026-10-19T09:19:31.753","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mt76: mt792x: Fix memory leak in SDIO TX path\n\nWhen tx_prepare_skb() returns an error in the SDIO TX path, the\nskb is not freed, leading to a memory leak. This can occur when\nzero-length frames (such as WNM NULL frames) are dropped to prevent\npotential hardware TX hangs.\n\nFix this by properly releasing the skb with ieee80211_tx_status_ext()\nwhen tx_prepare_skb() fails.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a342db7a6502bc6781579145e05d4d4731786ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a8000c76dc34490a2bb321ad1a5f882a2ccab7c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/808f2767d4217a5b96f674288573b9b89d432eed","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ef1351209d42b7d96604f2a13d7ea8215a24e07","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64d196280aff8494ba6fb387e37b18479c99b83"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:55:23.253742848+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-90378","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11724,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}