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Linux EUVDEUVD-2026-45487

| CVE-2026-63821
2026-07-19 Linux GHSA-2cvr-cmj4-cjrx

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Jul 19, 2026 - 14:17 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 19, 2026 - 12:02 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures

When rtw_usb_write_port() fails to submit a USB Request Block (URB) (e.g., due to device disconnect or ENOMEM), the completion callback is never executed.

Currently, the driver ignores the return value of rtw_usb_write_port() in rtw_usb_write_data() and rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Because these functions rely on the completion callback to free the socket buffers (skbs) and the transaction control block (txcb), a submission failure results in:

  1. A memory leak of the allocated skb in rtw_usb_write_data().
  2. A memory leak of the txcb structure and all aggregated skbs in

rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().

Fix this by checking the return value of rtw_usb_write_port(). If it fails, explicitly free the skb in rtw_usb_write_data(), and properly purge the tx_ack_queue and free the txcb in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().

The issue was discovered in practice during device disconnect/reconnect scenarios and memory pressure conditions. Tested by verifying normal TX operation continues after the fix without regressions.

Analysis

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

wifi: rtw88: usb: fix memory leaks on USB write failures

When rtw_usb_write_port() fails to submit a USB Request Block (URB) (e.g., due to device disconnect or ENOMEM), the completion callback is never executed.

Currently, the driver ignores the return value of rtw_usb_write_port() in rtw_usb_write_data() and rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb(). Because these functions rely on the completion callback to free the socket buffers (skbs) and the transaction control block (txcb), a submission failure results in:

  1. A memory leak of the allocated skb in rtw_usb_write_data().
  2. A memory leak of the txcb structure and all aggregated skbs in

rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().

Fix this by checking the return value of rtw_usb_write_port(). If it fails, explicitly free the skb in rtw_usb_write_data(), and properly purge the tx_ack_queue and free the txcb in rtw_usb_tx_agg_skb().

The issue was discovered in practice during device disconnect/reconnect scenarios and memory pressure conditions. Tested by verifying normal TX operation continues after the fix without regressions.

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