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CVE-2026-43159

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:71d75dfd65ef9f508942efa69bd9569c20a9d2be0510b5313f68372ea79ece8f
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"4.12"},{"lessThan":"4.12","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.10.253","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.15.202","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.165","versionType"…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03e","status":"affected","version":"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645","status":"affected","version":"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1","status":"affected","version":"554c…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"4.12"},{"lessThan":"4.12","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.10.253","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.15.202","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.1.165","versionType"…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Source references

8 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d24a3654ed195485bc6346a9ef326fc494a34e"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03e"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677490a6bd4c63acdf6f48e4aaf6a23d7e6a446f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa16ffed2b9d9d44940990c1f31159770769aeb"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3f83b6fb3773ad943365d1cd774b4ec050332e"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e74214adefe6ecaae2e3263b8c97da02c410050e9adabbe80990c8684faf0b69 · sha256:7f4321e7d2a83b1d… · /containers/cna/references/3

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