CVE-2026-80942: wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80942DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80942
Published 11-09-2026Last modified 19-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-80942 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11805-1

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu120 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.111-1 | < 7.2.6-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4, < 3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c | ≥ b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4, < dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344 | ≥ b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4, < 7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5 | ≥ b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4, < 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8 | 6.11

3 vendors · 123 products

References

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