Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-100076

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to failure to release management transmit frame and buffer resources in the rtl8723bs management frame transmission paths when handling management frame transmission error conditions. A local user can repeatedly trigger affected error paths to exhaust the management transmit pools and prevent the interface from sending beacons or probe and association responses.

Affected software

How to mitigate CVE-2026-100076

External References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b8209376dffbd7b0b85c8bc4697d9166ac62ef
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9f6a3b9fdd31a0836b681053155b5997c0156e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c48e5aa01525577d6b6e782962a5bfb0e1535cb5

Related Security Bulletins

• Memory leak in Linux kernel rtl8723bs core driver