In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case, the allocated buffer 'buf' is not freed and the function returns early, leading to potential memory leak. Fix this by ensuring that 'buf' is freed on both success and failure paths.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs component. This memory leak vulnerability occurs when the `cfg80211_inform_bss_frame()` function returns a NULL value on a failure path, preventing the allocated buffer from being properly freed. This can lead to a potential memory leak within the system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43225 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43225 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050654-CVE-2026-43225-f99b@gregkh/T