Bug 2513275 (CVE-2026-68413)

Summary: CVE-2026-68413 kernel: memory leak in ipw2100_pci_init_one()
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A flaw was found in the ipw2100 wireless driver in the Linux kernel. Insufficient error handling in the ipw2100_pci_init_one() function can lead to a memory leak. This occurs because memory allocated by ipw2100_alloc_device() is not properly released in specific error scenarios, potentially allowing a local attacker to cause a denial of service due to resource exhaustion.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:28:25 UTC 
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.