---
id: CVE-2026-98710
title: 'wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove

  il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for
  the 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'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove

il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for
the EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with
il_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a
successful probe.

As a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed.

Free the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the
mac80211 hardware structure.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < ab7bee2cd55f665cb29fa0ace2ec14020e0a452e`
- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < cd8f8f45d81aac384311701d7ffe26567af2e783`
- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < 89f9d6186dc7429f38132635526e28549c913c0b`
- `Linux >= 073d3f5f1b3b6512eb82a3d40c84dedb14dc6f73 < f8ebe286394c0bbb4a6dbacb182a34ab6376922d`
- `Linux 2.6.27`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.