{"id":"CVE-2026-45939","summary":"gpib: Fix memory leak in ni_usb_init()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpib: Fix memory leak in ni_usb_init()\n\nIn ni_usb_init(), if ni_usb_setup_init() fails, the function returns\n-EFAULT without freeing the allocated writes buffer, leading to a\nmemory leak.\n\nAdditionally, ni_usb_setup_init() returns 0 on failure, which causes\nni_usb_init() to return -EFAULT, an inappropriate error code for this\nsituation.\n\nFix the leak by freeing writes in the error path. Modify\nni_usb_setup_init() to return -EINVAL on failure and propagate this\nerror code in ni_usb_init().","modified":"2026-07-08T08:09:39.916964712Z","published":"2026-05-27T12:17:55.481Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45939.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c97fcfb7a62dea893104a046d544da8ac23370b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b89921eed8cf2d97250bac4be38dbcfbf048b586"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c899d4b62c0757a280831e89c1f3801b597e8f38"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45939.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45939"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"4e127de14fa78bcd98c6459b0b984b8266cd0203"},{"fixed":"9c97fcfb7a62dea893104a046d544da8ac23370b"},{"fixed":"c899d4b62c0757a280831e89c1f3801b597e8f38"},{"fixed":"b89921eed8cf2d97250bac4be38dbcfbf048b586"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45939.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.14"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45939.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}