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wifi: wilc1000: fix dma_buffer leak on bus acquire failure

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix dma_buffer leak on bus acquire failure wilc_wlan_firmware_download() allocates dma_buffer with kmalloc() at the top of the function and uses a 'fail:' label to free it via kfree(dma_buffer) on error. All later error paths correctly use 'goto fail' to route through this cleanup. However, the early failure path after the first acquire_bus() call uses a bare 'return ret;', which leaks dma_buffer whenever the bus acquire fails. Replace the early return with goto fail so the existing cleanup path runs. Found via a custom Coccinelle semantic patch hunting for kmalloc'd locals leaked on early-return error paths in driver firmware-download code.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.34, 7.0.11
CVEs
CVE-2026-64145
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

wifi: wilc1000: fix dma_buffer leak on bus acquire failure

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jul 2026, 15:40 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: fix dma_buffer leak on bus acquire failure wilc_wlan_firmware_download() allocates dma_buffer with kmalloc() at the top of the function and uses a 'fail:' label to free it via kfree(dma_buffer) on error. All later error paths correctly use 'goto fail' to route through this cleanup. However, the early failure path after the first acquire_bus() call uses a bare 'return ret;', which leaks dma_buffer whenever the bus acquire fails. Replace the early return with goto fail so the existing cleanup path runs. Found via a custom Coccinelle semantic patch hunting for kmalloc'd locals leaked on early-return error paths in driver firmware-download code.

osv:CVE-2026-64145

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.34, 7.0.11

Complete source record
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