wifi: rtl818x: Fix potential memory leaks in rtl8180_init_rx_ring()
In rtl8180_init_rx_ring(), memory is allocated for skb packets and DMA
allocations in a loop. When an allocation fails, the previously
successful allocations are not freed on exit.
Fix that by jumping to err_free_rings label on error, which calls
rtl8180_free_rx_ring() to free the allocations. Remove the free of
rx_ring in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() error path, and set the freed
priv->rx_buf entry to null, to avoid double free.
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DLA-4475-1 | linux security update |
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DLA-4476-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
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DSA-6127-1 | linux security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-8094-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8096-4 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8096-5 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8116-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8094-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8141-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8163-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8179-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8184-1 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8179-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8185-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8203-1 | Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8204-1 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8185-2 | Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8179-4 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8243-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8258-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8260-1 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8261-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8265-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl818x: Fix potential memory leaks in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() In rtl8180_init_rx_ring(), memory is allocated for skb packets and DMA allocations in a loop. When an allocation fails, the previously successful allocations are not freed on exit. Fix that by jumping to err_free_rings label on error, which calls rtl8180_free_rx_ring() to free the allocations. Remove the free of rx_ring in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() error path, and set the freed priv->rx_buf entry to null, to avoid double free. | |
| Title | wifi: rtl818x: Fix potential memory leaks in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:52:48.124Z
Reserved: 2025-12-24T10:30:51.033Z
Link: CVE-2025-68759
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-01-05T10:15:57.010
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-68759
OpenCVE Enrichment
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