GHSA-qq6x-p5c6-gqp6MediumCVSS 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep:...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc
The return value of kzalloc_flex() is used without ensuring that the allocation succeeded, and the pointer is dereferenced unconditionally.
Guard the access to the allocated structure to avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference if the allocation fails.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46305
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a5f411becfb7c57aa89827213d31ef23a03d75a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc851db06045a40c18233dd76ef0562d7f8bb6db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4024037ee309a8f0cb86b4093d59da0e135db8
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qq6x-p5c6-gqp6