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CVE-2026-43225 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case, the allocated buffer 'buf' is not freed and the function returns early, leading to potential memory leak. Fix this by ensuring that 'buf' is freed on both success and failure paths.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe850d82c8cb72d28700673678724e779b1826e kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af48c1a0abe849e167fc754b6c260b6d8350b6fd kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-43225
NVD Published Date:
05/06/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/08/2026
Source:
kernel.org