Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8712: fix use after free bugs _Read/Write_MACREG callbacks are NULL so the read/write_macreg_hdl() functions don't do anything except free the "pcmd" pointer. It results in a use after free. Delete them.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/19e3f69d19801940abc2ac37c169882769ed9770 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/376e15487fec837301d888068a3fcc82efb6171a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dce6b0ee7d78667d6c831ced957a08769973063 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fd6170c5e2d0ccd027abe26f6f5ffc528e1bb27 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1727def850904e4b8ba384043775672841663a1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0aac7146e96bf39e79c65087d21dfa02ef8db38 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc02aaf950015850e7589696521c7fca767cea77 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e230a4455ac3e9b112f0367d1b8e255e141afae0 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 16 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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