CVE-2026-43159

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43159
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43159.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43159
Downstream
Published
2026-05-06T11:27:38.541Z
Modified
2026-06-18T03:56:09.107790434Z
Summary
staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
Details

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 rtwfreenetwork_nolock() which would later dereference the variable.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43159.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b
Fixed
3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03e
Fixed
1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645
Fixed
48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1
Fixed
cc3f83b6fb3773ad943365d1cd774b4ec050332e
Fixed
04d24a3654ed195485bc6346a9ef326fc494a34e
Fixed
677490a6bd4c63acdf6f48e4aaf6a23d7e6a446f
Fixed
7fa16ffed2b9d9d44940990c1f31159770769aeb
Fixed
41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479f

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43159.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.12.0
Fixed
5.10.253
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.202
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.165
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.128
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.75
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.6

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43159.json"