{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "b5dc8873b6ffebd331e46814e537179eac8b6aa4"
            },
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8"
            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "6.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.12.109"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "6.18.50"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
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              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "7.2.4"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80942.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()\n\nThe memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in\nany of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars().\nFix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error\npath.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-80942",
  "modified": "2026-09-13T03:30:19.201202058Z",
  "published": "2026-09-11T19:42:14.589Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b23e7dbeb00c93ec3b8add97f5de9bb9cbb5c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7159e1e12468a0b1ac519b296280c0a27f91eab5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc8b0be0ec4d9b0c80f07b27e656e4a94de5a344"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80942.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80942"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars()"
}