CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-46305

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile - higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the rtl8723bs driver in the Linux kernel, the return value of kzalloc_flex() is used without checking for allocation failure, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk is a potential system crash (kernel panic) if memory allocation fails, which could disrupt system operation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing a fix that guards against NULL pointer dereference.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS