CVE-2026-64179 (GCVE-0-2026-64179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 15:41 – Updated: 2026-07-19 15:41
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Title
net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() The memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init() is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipc_imem_init(). Fix that by calling the corresponding release function ipc_protocol_deinit() in the error path.
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Linux Linux Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < f1a4d57847813fae42fbb7eb35f2dd48b9cff8a9 (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < ba6d8643019c33428f7c0658863e80e0b04a70f4 (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < 6f63a60580ebdd9a1f22f89a84814d1fefe16b1c (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < 583fd5a8fc797c8ecf2e1a7b923740c5e5734e85 (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < ffb6dbb49c96be82f07c7b112e3ebc3e6fdd8dd5 (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < 8f764a7810a9f114313c439d25b11f4417c6e0dd (git)
Affected: 3670970dd8c661c10c10c300d726f59428eaad32 , < c5d93b2c40355e999715262a824965aac025a427 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.209 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.142 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.92 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.34 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.11 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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