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CVE-2026-63821

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures When rtw_usb_write_port() fails to submit a USB Request Block (URB) (e.g., due to device disconnect or ENOMEM), the completion callback is never executed. Currently, the driver ignores the return value of rtw_usb_write_port() in rtw_usb_write_data() and rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Because these functions rely on the completion callback to free the socket buffers (skbs) and the transaction control block (txcb), a submission failure results in: 1. A memory leak of the allocated skb in rtw_usb_write_data(). 2. A memory leak of the txcb structure and all aggregated skbs in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Fix this by checking the return value of rtw_usb_write_port(). If it fails, explicitly free the skb in rtw_usb_write_data(), and properly purge the tx_ack_queue and free the txcb in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). The issue was discovered in practice during device disconnect/reconnect scenarios and memory pressure conditions. Tested by verifying normal TX operation continues after the fix without regressions.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98affectedgit2b2060c2075a72bc2de43ce5e1b9347d6c5e27bbUnavailableNone listed
a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98affectedgit53fed4061a09755de99c89fdc7fae5b794da455fUnavailableNone listed
a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98affectedgit200d58c851b8f63f77a05570072dd20f79bc3681UnavailableNone listed
a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98affectedgit8206d173d18ef5a077423119f4e9a93cb3a6f4ebUnavailableNone listed
a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98affectedgit6b964941bbfe6e0f18b1a5e008486dbb62df440aUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6.2affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver6.2UnavailableNone listed
6.6.144unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.95unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.38unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.1.3unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.1.*None listed
7.2unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed