CVE-2026-80949

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix memory leak in brcmf_sdio_read_control() The memory allocated for buf is not freed in some of the error paths in brcmf_sdio_read_control(). Fix that by adding vfree() calls. [arend: rework as suggested by Johannes]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb880a7d575efe8b5c7b5b819b96d9251a3937f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba04715ee672c336272be3ceb43bda9ffc33eb75

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261d7c7610b4b2f476382c88a2d1ae0cc5e07add

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d10db8e94fcb23a799789aaa696b4d8f937e207

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00168