Bug 2555075 (CVE-2026-98710) - CVE-2026-98710 kernel: wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove
Summary: CVE-2026-98710 kernel: wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98710
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-22 10:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:53:00 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove

il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for
the EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with
il_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a
successful probe.

As a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed.

Free the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the
mac80211 hardware structure.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-10-22 10:25:54 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98710.mbox
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