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staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.253, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 6.6.128
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-43159
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 20:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 6 May 2026, 11:27 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-43159
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.253, 5.15.202, 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6
Complete source record
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