CVE-2026-46305

medium

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc851db06045a40c18233dd76ef0562d7f8bb6db

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a5f411becfb7c57aa89827213d31ef23a03d75a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-08

Updated: 2026-06-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018