CVE-2026-43159

staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 6, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03eAffected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before cc3f83b6fb3773ad943365d1cd774b4ec050332eAffected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 04d24a3654ed195485bc6346a9ef326fc494a34eAffected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 677490a6bd4c63acdf6f48e4aaf6a23d7e6a446fAffected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 7fa16ffed2b9d9d44940990c1f31159770769aebAffected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479fAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.12Affected
  • before 4.12Not affected
  • 5.10.253 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.202 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.165 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.128 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.75 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.16 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.6 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

References

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