Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() The brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of pskb_expand_head() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/212fde3fe76e962598ce1d47b97cc78afdfc71b3 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4d18318f473e97d628f410215b3fac32d07aed Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c55fdebc1c358de96bfab52ed309d58a3ba66ef Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f159116d620615779adbf88a5d94713702216d8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d869a189505224601e310c7769cb90b0e2f60b31 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08e6812efb6a8c676e733de0518594d1517e0d9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5d01e85cf46628647cd696cb72ba4659b18967f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8ef89e5b89ee041a94eecfb6c31fcc237f9168c Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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