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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-43225
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Linux
Assigner Org ID-416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-06 May, 2026 | 11:28
Updated At-07 May, 2026 | 17:14
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case, the allocated buffer 'buf' is not freed and the function returns early, leading to potential memory leak. Fix this by ensuring that 'buf' is freed on both success and failure paths.

Affected Products
Vendor
Linux Kernel Organization, IncLinux
Product
Linux
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Program Files
  • drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617 (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0 (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546 (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9 (git)
  • From 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e (git)
Vendor
Linux Kernel Organization, IncLinux
Product
Linux
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Program Files
  • drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
Default Status
affected
Versions
Affected
  • 4.12
Unaffected
  • From 0 before 4.12 (semver)
  • From 5.15.202 through 5.15.* (semver)
  • From 6.1.165 through 6.1.* (semver)
  • From 6.6.128 through 6.6.* (semver)
  • From 6.12.75 through 6.12.* (semver)
  • From 6.18.16 through 6.18.* (semver)
  • From 6.19.6 through 6.19.* (semver)
  • From 7.0 through * (original_commit_for_fix)
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9
N/A
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e
N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e
Resource: N/A
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