CVE-2026-98710
Published: October 21, 2026Last modified: November 3, 2026
Description
In 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.
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.191-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.115-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.58-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a3af97a23f6778887528c1fb4ffc60017ed0e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ebc529726c0c038f49e513a7a6f1893552ee803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52990dd317f76c1baa3665e3b1513cf3d4b48f5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a17d3fbca1731ae84c03a3dea0970f62f19757fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d