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CVE-2026-43225

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/05/2026
Last modified:
08/05/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path<br /> <br /> cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case,<br /> the allocated buffer &amp;#39;buf&amp;#39; is not freed and the function returns early,<br /> leading to potential memory leak.<br /> Fix this by ensuring that &amp;#39;buf&amp;#39; is freed on both success and failure paths.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.12 (including) 5.15.202 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.1.165 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.128 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 6.19.6 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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