CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43159

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network The variable pwlan has the possibility of being NULL when passed into rtw_free_network_nolock() which would later dereference the variable.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.12 < 5.10.253) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.202) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.165) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.128) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.75) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.16) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness

References