CVE-2026-43159
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- 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
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