PT-2026-37565 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
CVE-2026-43225
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Published
2026-01-13
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Updated
2026-08-23
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak exists in the
rtl8723bs staging driver. The function cfg80211 inform bss frame() may return NULL upon failure, which prevents the allocated buffer buf from being freed before the function returns early.Recommendations
Ensure that the
buf buffer is freed on both success and failure paths within the cfg80211 inform bss frame() function.Exploit
Fix
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu