{"cve":"CVE-2026-43225","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-06T12:16:42.270","modified":"2026-06-17T10:49:11.330","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path\n\ncfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case,\nthe allocated buffer 'buf' is not freed and the function returns early,\nleading to potential memory leak.\nFix this by ensuring that 'buf' is freed on both success and failure paths.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017295b17bf1f477246c95bd253a7ef0cb4684c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8311bb40698ba027649d5d1ca84ad4bf25270546","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9874e33ce52ba449ab0ade78752a2d37a2294617","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f70f78e22b321429afc77befecedf05543d4e2c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a968c6a39607c129b8ac2c3c2a5e8923574e90d0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43225","score":0.00128,"percentile":0.02439,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}