CVE-2026-98160

kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix mismatched free of HalData in rtw_sdio_if1_init()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 25, 2026

Updated · October 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs wireless driver. During device initialization error handling, allocated memory is released using an incompatible deallocation routine. A local attacker could exploit this condition during driver initialization failures to cause memory corruption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) via a system crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-763 · Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference