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CVE-2026-68413: wifi: ipw2100: fix potential memory leak in ipw2100_pci_init_one()
- Severity: unknown
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-10 · updated 2026-08-19
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ipw2100: fix potential memory leak in ipw2100_pci_init_one() The memory allocated in the ipw2100_alloc_device() function is not freed in some of the error paths in ipw2100_pci_init_one(). Fix that by converting the direct return into a goto to the error path return. The error path when pci_enable_device() fails cannot jump to fail, since at this point priv is not set, so perform error handling inline.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: 2.6.14 — fixed in 7.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d388f62031dbabcba0f44bb91b59f10e88cac17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71614326ab43e8b8f392ba865aeb6d7e327dff7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/768a701362a8f77b62c14f8202ad559b7ecbb0c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cbda50eebcd9aa00b0de382f776287cf7a36cf8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/836a19c654dcb1b01878a70090af016fbd0fd7e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b080198a22fd809c4e7f6793eafab53ac2643fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f442e581a88937671a22ceb3806c186265ef6254
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75b9a2a9d8334ae0f9c5e47df7b31f7aeb1fdbe
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