What is CVE-2026-80941?

CVE-2026-80941 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.7 onward and patched in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. CVE-2026-80941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-80941?

CVE-2026-80941 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-80941?

Yes, CVE-2026-80941 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-80941 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-80941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-80941

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: Fix potential memory leak in rtw_txq_push_skb() The skb passed to the rtw_hci_tx_write() is expected to be freed when the function fails, but the error path in rtw_txq_push_skb() does not free the skb before returning. This can lead to a memory leak in rtw_txq_push() where a dequeued skb is passed to rtw_txq_push_skb().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-09-11

Last modified 2026-09-14

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.7 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.7

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.270 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.221 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.188 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.157 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.109 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.50 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.4 7.2.x ✓ 7.3-rc1

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80941?

CVE-2026-80941 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.7 onward and has been patched in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. CVE-2026-80941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-80941?

Yes. CVE-2026-80941 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.7 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-80941 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-80941 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.