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CVE-2026-63821

Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-63821
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 12:02 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-19 12:02 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98 < 2b2060c2075a72bc2de43ce5e1b9347d6c5e27bb, a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98 < 53fed4061a09755de99c89fdc7fae5b794da455f, a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98 < 200d58c851b8f63f77a05570072dd20f79bc3681, a82dfd33d1237f6c0fb8a7077022189d1fc7ec98 < 8206d173d18ef5a077423119f4e9a93cb3a6f4eb …
Linux Linux 6.2, 0 < 6.2, 6.6.144 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.* …
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