---
id: CVE-2026-100076
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  staging: rtl8723bs: fix xmit_frame/xmit_buf leaks on mgnt-frame error paths

  issue_beacon(), issue_probersp() and issue_asocrsp() obtain a management
  xmit_frame togethe…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  staging: rtl8723bs: fix xmit_frame/xmit_buf leaks on mgnt-frame error paths

  issue_beacon(), issue_probersp() and issue_asocrsp() obtain a management
  xmit_frame togethe…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b <
    6c9f6a3b9fdd31a0836b681053155b5997c0156e
  - >-
    Linux >= 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b <
    c48e5aa01525577d6b6e782962a5bfb0e1535cb5
  - >-
    Linux >= 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b <
    41b8209376dffbd7b0b85c8bc4697d9166ac62ef
  - Linux 4.12
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T14:17:14.440'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100076'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b8209376dffbd7b0b85c8bc4697d9166ac62ef'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9f6a3b9fdd31a0836b681053155b5997c0156e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c48e5aa01525577d6b6e782962a5bfb0e1535cb5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T14:09:46.374Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix xmit_frame/xmit_buf leaks on mgnt-frame error paths

issue_beacon(), issue_probersp() and issue_asocrsp() obtain a management
xmit_frame together with its xmit_buf from the driver's fixed-size
management-TX pools via alloc_mgtxmitframe(). On the normal path the frame
is handed to dump_mgntframe(), which transfers ownership and eventually
returns both objects to their pools (the frame and, for beacons, the buf
in rtl8723bs_mgnt_xmit(); other bufs via the pending-xmitbuf/TX-completion
path).

Several error/edge paths return early after a successful
alloc_mgtxmitframe() but before dump_mgntframe(), so ownership is never
transferred and neither object is freed:

  - issue_beacon(): beacon larger than 512 bytes
  - issue_probersp(): cur_network->ie_length > MAX_IE_SZ
  - issue_probersp(): kzalloc() of the SSID scratch buffer fails
  - issue_asocrsp(): pkt_type is neither ASSOCRSP nor REASSOCRSP

Because alloc_mgtxmitframe() removes the frame and buf from their free
lists (list_del_init) without placing them on any pending list, an
orphaned pair is on no list and referenced by nobody, so it is only
reclaimed at driver teardown. Repeated hits progressively exhaust the
management-TX pools until alloc_mgtxmitframe() returns NULL and the
interface can no longer send beacons or probe/assoc responses.

Free the frame and buffer on these paths, matching the existing correct
error handling in issue_assocreq().

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.