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.

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < 017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 affected < abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.15.202 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.165 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.6.128 unaffected ≤ 6.6.*
6.12.75 unaffected ≤ 6.12.*
6.18.16 unaffected ≤ 6.18.*
6.19.6 unaffected ≤ 6.19.*
7.0 unaffected ≤ *

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

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CWE-772

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T11:28:24.289Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.994Z

Link: CVE-2026-43225

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-06T12:16:42.270

Modified: 2026-05-06T13:07:51.607

Link: CVE-2026-43225

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Updated: 2026-05-06T18:15:09Z

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