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CVE-2026-31604

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 redunda
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:b8baf5e91fd7b887d494a6d66f890f67ba6b6a90a2e6b17dc6557d4ef6050d85
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"6.2"},{"lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.6.136","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.83","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.24","versionType":"sem…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"f632987306bce9242cdfcf911ee0b2c9455e05a3","status":"affected","version":"a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"a4f4371d194dfa5473cc961f86194084b1b13a69","status":"affected","version":"a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"89a9c1bc7d797120bcc290864e0cb10a440a677f","status":"affected","version":"a82df…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"6.2"},{"lessThan":"6.2","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.6.136","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.83","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.24","versionType":"sem…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Source references

6 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25a827b7e1d5747a255bdc757f1d3e9e1e8a4e2a"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a9c1bc7d797120bcc290864e0cb10a440a677f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4f4371d194dfa5473cc961f86194084b1b13a69"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7307e96dad00bcc2675dac650d8558a52f2c6f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb15e71156cd9f5e1869eee7207a06ea8e96c39"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f632987306bce9242cdfcf911ee0b2c9455e05a3"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:2a0060dc70707bfac91b0d7b13046dded7f2f91aeeb42c01151f86e3630dacdf · sha256:f4781d831c3ad1a1… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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