CVE-2026-80940 (GCVE-0-2026-80940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-11 19:42
Modified
2026-10-19 08:45
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: pci: fix resource leak on failed NAPI setup rtw_pci_probe() allocates PCI resources through rtw_pci_setup_resource() before it sets up NAPI. If rtw_pci_napi_init() fails, the error path jumps straight to err_pci_declaim and skips rtw_pci_destroy(), leaving the PCI resources allocated by rtw_pci_setup_resource() behind. Add a dedicated cleanup label for the NAPI setup failure path so probe destroys the PCI resources. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing current mainline kernels. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc7. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a suitable rtw88 PCI board to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
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Linux Linux Version: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527
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Version: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527
Version: d0bcb10e7b94861c714ab1e62c98bf8abaa37527
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