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    "id": "CVE-2026-43069",
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    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T15:23:28.120Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path\n\nSmatch reports:\n\ndrivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn:\n'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 544.\n\nIn download_firmware(), if request_firmware() succeeds but the returned\nfirmware content is invalid (no data or zero size), the function returns\nwithout releasing the firmware, resulting in a resource leak.\n\nFix this by calling release_firmware() before returning when\nrequest_firmware() succeeded but the firmware content is invalid.",
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