CVE-2026-43159

MEDIUM

staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.202linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.165linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
... and 16 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026