{"id":"CVE-2026-98710","title":"wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove\n\nil3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for\nthe EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e","Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783","Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < 89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b","Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d","Linux 2.6.27"],"published":"2026-10-18","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T15:46:40.790Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98710","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T16:47:32.513Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98710","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove\n\nil3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for\nthe EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with\nil_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a\nsuccessful probe.\n\nAs a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed.\n\nFree the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the\nmac80211 hardware structure.\n\nThis issue was found by manual code inspection.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e`\n- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783`\n- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < 89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b`\n- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d`\n- `Linux 2.6.27`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}