CVE-2026-68413

What the bug is

The memory allocated in the ipw2100_alloc_device() function is not freed in some of the error paths in ipw2100_pci_init_one(). Fix that by converting the direct return into a goto to the error path return. The error path when pci_enable_device() fails cannot jump to fail, since at this point priv is not set, so perform error handling inline.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c

What this is

INTEL PRO/WIRELESS 2100, 2200BG, 2915ABG NETWORK CONNECTION SUPPORTMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ · linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org · Maintained

Kernel module

ipw2100

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_IPW2100|CONFIG_IPW2200|CONFIG_WLAN|CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL' /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

lsmod | grep -w ipw2100

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian does not build this code in 4 releases. It does build it in 1 release, so the answer depends on which release the machine runs.

• bookwormMnot built on amd64/amd64, amd64/cloud-amd64, amd64/rt/amd64, arm64/arm64, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt/arm64, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, armhf/rt/armmp, ppc64el/powerpc64le
• trixie, forky, sid, bookworm · linux-6.12n

M

a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it

n

not enabled on any flavour - this release does not build the code

Build switches

CONFIG_IPW2100, CONFIG_IPW2200, CONFIG_WLAN, CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL

Reads as

all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published

2026-08-10 (2 months ago)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

0.20%, higher than 9.4% of all CVEssource

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

not yet assignedsource

Subsystem

drivers/net

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
2.6.14	5.10.265	71614326ab43
2.6.14	5.15.216	9b080198a22f
2.6.14	6.1.183	768a701362a8
2.6.14	6.6.148	f75b9a2a9d83
2.6.14	6.12.101	836a19c654dc
2.6.14	6.18.42	f442e581a889
2.6.14	7.1.6	7cbda50eebcd
2.6.14	7.2	0d388f62031d

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