Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: pcie: null RX pointers after free When iwl_pcie_tx_init() fails after RX init, nic init unwinds via iwl_pcie_rx_free(). The freed RX members stayed non-NULL on the live transport object, so later teardown or retry could touch stale RX state. Set rx_pool, global_table, rxq, and alloc_page to NULL after free to make repeated cleanup and retry paths safe.
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c79d7a7b583050c9f58041465cb46fe3483ab5d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3456c5bcc987aeb182e50e30c9b02be8420e9953
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ec5bf430cf7466cb412e47f2761594092781fac
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/847103369489110a222482c7781e0fe62cdbd3d5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c422d5d53f135ea987f745773953a91f9fe30c3f
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.0
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 9 November 2026
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