PT-2026-37499 · Linux+3 · Linux+155

Published 2026-05-06 · Updated 2026-05-09 · CVE-2026-43159

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A null dereference issue exists in the find network function within the rtl8723bs staging driver. The variable pwlan can be NULL when passed into the rtw free network nolock() function, leading to a dereference of the NULL pointer.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43159

Affected Products

Linux

Linux-Allwinner-5.19

Linux-Aws

Linux-Aws-5.0

Linux-Aws-5.11

Linux-Aws-5.13

Linux-Aws-5.15

Linux-Aws-5.19

Linux-Aws-5.3

Linux-Aws-5.4

Linux-Aws-5.8

Linux-Aws-6.14

Linux-Aws-6.17

Linux-Aws-6.2

Linux-Aws-6.5

Linux-Aws-6.8

Linux-Aws-Fips

Linux-Aws-Hwe

Linux-Azure

Linux-Azure-4.15

Linux-Azure-5.11

Linux-Azure-5.13

Linux-Azure-5.15

Linux-Azure-5.19

Linux-Azure-5.3

Linux-Azure-5.4

Linux-Azure-5.8

Linux-Azure-6.11

Linux-Azure-6.14

Linux-Azure-6.17

Linux-Azure-6.2

Linux-Azure-6.5

Linux-Azure-6.8

Linux-Azure-Edge

Linux-Azure-Fde

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.15

Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2

Linux-Azure-Fde-6.8

Linux-Azure-Fips

Linux-Azure-Nvidia

Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14

Linux-Bluefield

Linux-Fips

Linux-Gcp

Linux-Gcp-4.15

Linux-Gcp-5.11

Linux-Gcp-5.13

Linux-Gcp-5.15

Linux-Gcp-5.19

Linux-Gcp-5.3

Linux-Gcp-5.4

Linux-Gcp-5.8

Linux-Gcp-6.11

Linux-Gcp-6.14

Linux-Gcp-6.17

Linux-Gcp-6.2

Linux-Gcp-6.5

Linux-Gcp-6.8

Linux-Gcp-Fips

Linux-Gke

Linux-Gke-4.15

Linux-Gkeop-5.15

Linux-Gke-5.4

Linux-Gkeop

Linux-Hwe

Linux-Hwe-5.11

Linux-Hwe-5.13

Linux-Hwe-5.15

Linux-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Hwe-5.4

Linux-Hwe-5.8

Linux-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Hwe-6.14

Linux-Hwe-6.17

Linux-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Hwe-Edge

Linux-Ibm

Linux-Ibm-5.15

Linux-Ibm-5.4

Linux-Ibm-6.8

Linux-Intel-5.13

Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime

Linux-Intel-Iotg

Linux-Intel-Iotg-5.15

Linux-Iot

Linux-Kvm

Linux-Lowlatency

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.15

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5

Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.8

Linux-Lts

Linux-Nvidia

Linux-Nvidia-6.11

Linux-Nvidia-6.2

Linux-Nvidia-6.5

Linux-Nvidia-6.8

Linux-Nvidia-Lowlatency

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-5.15

Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-Igx

Linux-Oem

Linux-Oem-5.10

Linux-Oem-5.13

Linux-Oem-5.14

Linux-Oem-5.17

Linux-Oem-5.6

Linux-Oem-6.0

Linux-Oem-6.1

Linux-Oem-6.11

Linux-Oem-6.14

Linux-Oem-6.17

Linux-Oem-6.5

Linux-Oem-6.8

Linux-Oracle

Linux-Oracle-5.0

Linux-Oracle-5.11

Linux-Oracle-5.13

Linux-Oracle-5.15

Linux-Oracle-5.3

Linux-Oracle-5.4

Linux-Oracle-5.8

Linux-Oracle-6.14

Linux-Oracle-6.17

Linux-Oracle-6.5

Linux-Oracle-6.8

Linux-Raspi

Linux-Raspi-5.4

Linux-Raspi-Realtime

Linux-Raspi2

Linux-Realtime

Linux-Realtime-6.14

Linux-Realtime-6.17

Linux-Realtime-6.8

Linux-Riscv

Linux-Riscv-5.11

Linux-Riscv-5.15

Linux-Riscv-5.19

Linux-Riscv-5.8

Linux-Riscv-6.14

Linux-Riscv-6.17

Linux-Riscv-6.5

Linux-Riscv-6.8

Linux-Starfive-5.19

Linux-Starfive-6.2

Linux-Starfive-6.5

Linux-Xilinx

Linux-Xilinx-Zynqmp

Linux Kernel

References · 17

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b4dec3a8bfd667cd0cd767eaf511176193e9a1 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2026-43159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41460a19654c32d39fd0e3a3671cd8d4b7b8479f · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa9c59f4b96a9056c02476c7ca89e96d15e0645 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677490a6bd4c63acdf6f48e4aaf6a23d7e6a446f · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa16ffed2b9d9d44940990c1f31159770769aeb · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-43159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3f83b6fb3773ad943365d1cd774b4ec050332e · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43159 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43159 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d24a3654ed195485bc6346a9ef326fc494a34e · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b1d0c9a1f78836d0bce6fdd37f596f22c19b03e · Patch