CVE-2026-80948
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.
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d593f32efa9ff1c91c508f45eb709c03dfb4945
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67105abd6195a685a84dcb8a5daf54a1f4bfdb60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7be73911d979bb0f54485c2292043a5703fdc953
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ba017a1e1ea7896ed1e3258c947bdbfc5299c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2a9fdca4a7100472be82ee6048c616fc589720