GHSA-8M9R-P559-452Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-18 18:32 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:33In 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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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-98710"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-18T16:17:24Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove\n\nil3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for\nthe EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with\nil_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a\nsuccessful probe.\n\nAs a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed.\n\nFree the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the\nmac80211 hardware structure.\n\nThis issue was found by manual code inspection.",
"id": "GHSA-8m9r-p559-452q",
"modified": "2026-10-30T15:33:58Z",
"published": "2026-10-18T18:32:00Z",
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