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CVE-2026-100076

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

staging: rtl8723bs: fix xmit_frame/xmit_buf leaks on mgnt-frame error paths

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix xmit_frame/xmit_buf leaks on mgnt-frame error paths issue_beacon(), issue_probersp() and issue_asocrsp() obtain a management xmit_frame together with its xmit_buf from the driver's fixed-size management-TX pools via alloc_mgtxmitframe(). On the normal path the frame is handed to dump_mgntframe(), which transfers ownership and eventually returns both objects to their pools (the frame and, for beacons, the buf in rtl8723bs_mgnt_xmit(); other bufs via the pending-xmitbuf/TX-completion path). Several error/edge paths return early after a successful alloc_mgtxmitframe() but before dump_mgntframe(), so ownership is never transferred and neither object is freed: - issue_beacon(): beacon larger than 512 bytes - issue_probersp(): cur_network->ie_length > MAX_IE_SZ - issue_probersp(): kzalloc() of the SSID scratch buffer fails - issue_asocrsp(): pkt_type is neither ASSOCRSP nor REASSOCRSP Because alloc_mgtxmitframe() removes the frame and buf from their free lists (list_del_init) without placing them on any pending list, an orphaned pair is on no list and referenced by nobody, so it is only reclaimed at driver teardown. Repeated hits progressively exhaust the management-TX pools until alloc_mgtxmitframe() returns NULL and the interface can no longer send beacons or probe/assoc responses. Free the frame and buffer on these paths, matching the existing correct error handling in issue_assocreq().

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290baffectedgit17260b5215d4ced17a733e2c027a76290e476fadUnavailableNone listed
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290baffectedgit2f5e2752c2b4bad01df4523cfe2b41b702c60f00UnavailableNone listed
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290baffectedgit6c9f6a3b9fdd31a0836b681053155b5997c0156eUnavailableNone listed
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290baffectedgitc48e5aa01525577d6b6e782962a5bfb0e1535cb5UnavailableNone listed
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290baffectedgit41b8209376dffbd7b0b85c8bc4697d9166ac62efUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
4.12affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver4.12UnavailableNone listed
6.6.160unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.114unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.52unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.2.6unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.2.*None listed
7.3unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed