CVE-2026-80942
wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars() The memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). Fix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path.
Affected
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Remediation
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