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CVE-2026-46305

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-06-08 Modified: 2026-07-23

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References