CVE-2026-43159

staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network

published May 6, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00162 · 5.1th percentile
Published
2026-05-06T11:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 11:27Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
    cvelistv5