CVE-2026-43159 staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network

What is CVE-2026-43159?

CVE-2026-43159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43159?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-43159?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-43159 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43159 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-43159, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43159, GHSA-3fch-xpx6-pcr2, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-43159, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-43159, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-43159 and 1 more.