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CVE-2026-46305

staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc

Published: 6/8/2026 Last updated: 6/14/2026 Reserved: 5/13/2026

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.

CNA assigner: Linux (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (29)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes ortools_solvers orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (4)

Product Vendor Version
Linux Linux Versions earlier than 9.1.0.212(C00E62R1P7T8)
Linux Linux Versions earlier than 9.1.0.215(C432E1R1P1T8)
Linux Linux unspecified
Linux Linux unspecified

References (4)