Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to take additional references unless the structures are needed after disconnect. This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does not to release it on all probe errors (e.g. when descriptor parsing fails). Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a827b7e1d5747a255bdc757f1d3e9e1e8a4e2a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a9c1bc7d797120bcc290864e0cb10a440a677f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4f4371d194dfa5473cc961f86194084b1b13a69 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7307e96dad00bcc2675dac650d8558a52f2c6f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb15e71156cd9f5e1869eee7207a06ea8e96c39 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f632987306bce9242cdfcf911ee0b2c9455e05a3 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: 2 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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