CVE-2026-43069In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path Smatch reports: drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn: 'fw' fr…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path Smatch reports: drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn: 'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 544. In download_firmware(), if request_firmware() succeeds but the returned firmware content is invalid (no data or zero size), the function returns without releasing the firmware, resulting in a resource leak. Fix this by calling release_firmware() before returning when request_firmware() succeeded but the firmware content is invalid.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-401
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 4.12 before 5.10.253; from 5.11 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.168; from 6.2 before 6.6.131; from 6.7 before 6.12.80; from 6.13 before 6.18.21; from 6.19 before 6.19.11; 7.0; and 4 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28904375d54b436a757641fb0331537778c0de5apatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31148a7be723aa9f2e8fbd62424825ab8d577973patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5213ef54528dd1ac79b846e30d8f72ce092794aapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95e8601af227b2b4390eecf8db6abdb9f6a91f17patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ecbfd93cd6de6c78cb7fd51fe079e36c7ff074bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7803df606a7d22e896b030f619e1d9d20ae0c6bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2dfbf1b5ff192cefd49574b951a4af9ddd32213patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d95488c8c964d1df0d3e1db44c958706311e86patch
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