# wifi: iwlwifi: dvm: fix memory leak in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-80948`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-80948`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Sept 2026, 19:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before 0540361ac82095b25e6eebd70b1df37d2faf45bd` (git)
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before 7be73911d979bb0f54485c2292043a5703fdc953` (git)
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before 2d593f32efa9ff1c91c508f45eb709c03dfb4945` (git)
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before 84ba017a1e1ea7896ed1e3258c947bdbfc5299c5` (git)
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before ad2a9fdca4a7100472be82ee6048c616fc589720` (git)
  - affected: `26a7ca9a71a3f7e1826de96b1a1e907123e11b07 to before 67105abd6195a685a84dcb8a5daf54a1f4bfdb60` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.6`
  - unaffected: `before 3.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.50 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.4 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel iwlwifi DVM driver, affected from version 3.6, leaks memory in an error path during startup. The source gives few details on what access an attacker needs or what the impact is beyond the leak. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.50 or a later stable release.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0023, the 14th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-80948](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80948)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-80948](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80948)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0540361ac82095b25e6eebd70b1df37d2faf45bd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7be73911d979bb0f54485c2292043a5703fdc953>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d593f32efa9ff1c91c508f45eb709c03dfb4945>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ba017a1e1ea7896ed1e3258c947bdbfc5299c5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2a9fdca4a7100472be82ee6048c616fc589720>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67105abd6195a685a84dcb8a5daf54a1f4bfdb60>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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