Bug 2467075 (CVE-2026-43159) - CVE-2026-43159 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
Summary: CVE-2026-43159 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43159
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-06 13:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 19:18 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 13:02:56 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.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-05-06 19:16:36 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050631-CVE-2026-43159-aeee@gregkh/T
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