VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-46305
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-08
Last modified2026-09-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476