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CVE-2026-31604

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/04/2026
Last modified:
29/04/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure<br /> <br /> Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB<br /> device while the interface is bound to a driver and there is no need to<br /> take additional references unless the structures are needed after<br /> disconnect.<br /> <br /> This driver takes a reference to the USB device during probe but does<br /> not to release it on all probe errors (e.g. when descriptor parsing<br /> fails).<br /> <br /> Drop the redundant device reference to fix the leak, reduce cargo<br /> culting, make it easier to spot drivers where an extra reference is<br /> needed, and reduce the risk of further memory leaks.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.136 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.24 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 6.19.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.0 (including) 7.0.1 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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