In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars() The memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). Fix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible     memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars() The memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed     in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). Fix that by adding a call to     rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path. (CVE-2026-80942)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
381201	openSUSE 16: cluster-md-kmp-64kb / cluster-md-kmp-azure / cluster-md-kmp-default / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22266-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
381194	openSUSE 16: cluster-md-kmp-nvidia64kb / dlm-kmp-nvidia64kb / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22307-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
379497	SUSE SLES16 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:24651-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
379474	SUSE SLES16: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:24662-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
376443	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8959-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
375048	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0999	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
375011	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-91-0999	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
362907	Debian dla-4817 : ata-modules-6.12.107+deb12-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
351155	Debian dsa-6528 : ata-modules-6.12.111+deb13-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
345238	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80942	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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