CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-68410
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-08-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in helper_firmware_cb()
helper_firmware_cb() neglects to free the single-stage firmware image
after a successful async load, leading to a memory leak in the USB
firmware-download path.
Fix this memory leak by calling release_firmware() immediately after
lbs_fw_loaded() returns.
The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in
the current wireless tree.
An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have
compatible Libertas USB hardware for exercising this firmware-download
path, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63c2391deefb31e1b801b7f32bd502ca4808639b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/644640cde2fb216e6567de5eee780a38dbc95928 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1f54a04813676c5a2150d99331c8d21f199374 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cda91bbb8dc3d22ef0323008a12dcf73a5129da git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f28722b3e4e0c8d49c859fea4a9b1fa13b5ae06 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce829286f4935f1eb6b5dcb64da02910ce149c76 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d497b7566e74920acfe283dd6b2cbf1682890796 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaeb1d74a47fc4864f2c754c0b9d654a9b7dc55c git.kernel.org