Threats tagged 'ghsa-hgm4-f6j5-3x27'

A memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs driver staging area has been resolved. The issue involves management transmit frame and buffer leaks on certain error paths in functions handling beacon, probe response, and association response frames. These leaks cause progressive exhaustion of management-TX pools, eventually preventing the interface from sending necessary management frames. The vulnerability has a medium severity rating with a CVSS score of 5.5 and affects specific linux-azure kernel versions.