CVE-2026-43159
Not scored
staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
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.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
May 6, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 22, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-43159
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d24a3654ed195485bc6346a9ef326fc494a34e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677490a6bd4c63acdf6f48e4aaf6a23d7e6a446f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa16ffed2b9d9d44940990c1f31159770769aeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3f83b6fb3773ad943365d1cd774b4ec050332e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43159.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43159