Medium 5.5Published May 6, 2026

CVE-2026-43225staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:25 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b builds before 9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.12 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e	patch

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