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CVE-2026-43069

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux 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

Weakness classification

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