The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - staging: rtl8723bs: fix mismatched free of HalData in rtw_sdio_if1_init() padapter->HalData is allocated     via vzalloc(), but incorrectly freed using kfree() in the rtw_sdio_if1_init() error path. Using kfree() to     release this vmalloc-backed buffer can lead to memory corruption. Use rtw_hal_data_deinit() to pair the     free correctly and free HalData with vfree(). The bug was first flagged by an experimental static analysis     tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs. Manual inspection confirms that the issue is     still present in current mainline. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have     suitable RTL8723BS SDIO hardware to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
    (CVE-2026-98160)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98160

medium Nessus Plugin ID 350748

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Version 1.2 Sep 30, 2026, 1:44 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.2) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202609300144
Version 1.1 Sep 26, 2026, 8:25 AM New Plugin Feed: 202609260825