In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: Fix memory leak...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: Fix memory leak after mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req()
mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req() allocates an skb which is expected to be freed eventually by mt76_mcu_skb_send_msg(). However, currently if an intermediate function fails before sending, the allocated skb is leaked.
Specifically, mt76_connac_mcu_sta_wed_update() and mt76_connac_mcu_sta_key_tlv() may fail, leading to an immediate memory leak in the error path.
Fix this by explicitly freeing the skb in these error paths. Commit 7c0f63fe37a5 ("wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix memory leak on mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv error") made a similar change.
Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c41075ce8cf05ed8c0e7b7efef000dce548ffc42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb466406d2094deefadc2cd6ddb4f6eeb086d1b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de35b99503012e57bec027e98ed53f881518b5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8527ac1bce87aaabde6755e8e6eb2a9f439d1292
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-998c-5h7q-5rrg