Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026
CVE-2026-80949
CVE-2026-80949
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]
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 3.8.0, < 5.10.270+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 3.8.0, < 5.10.270
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.6-1.1
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d10db8e94fcb23a799789aaa696b4d8f937e207nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/261d7c7610b4b2f476382c88a2d1ae0cc5e07addnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7704f6ba2a8c492b07a3eaa1e311b4b30d389246nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b57fa3172e287bc083113507a965e6d9a46a45nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a732c4f36a4cd79f3702391f88ebb56f2e43b0eenvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d0a90a844abccdfed9fe141b5d0d654a821485nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba04715ee672c336272be3ceb43bda9ffc33eb75nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb880a7d575efe8b5c7b5b819b96d9251a3937fnvd
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