[PATCH v2 0/4] staging: rtl8723bs: fix several memory-safety bugs

From: Yi Cong

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 02:12:07 EST


From: Yi Cong <yicong@xxxxxxxxxx>

This small series fixes four memory-safety / resource-management bugs in
the rtl8723bs SDIO staging driver.

v2:
- Remove some redundant comments in patch 2 and patch 3.

v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260729022509.2863634-1-cong.yi@xxxxxxxxx/

All four are tagged:

Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")

1/4 - kfree() used on a vzalloc() allocation (HalData) in the probe
error path.
2/4 - double free / UAF when register_netdev() fails: the error label
frees objects that the caller also frees.
3/4 - NULL deref in c2h_wk_callback() when the re-read allocation under
memory pressure fails.
4/4 - NULL deref on a bcmc station lookup in the 802.11 defrag path,
reachable from a fragment with an unknown transmitter address.

Yi Cong (4):
staging: rtl8723bs: free HalData with vfree, not kfree
staging: rtl8723bs: fix double free when register_netdev() fails
staging: rtl8723bs: fix NULL deref in c2h_wk_callback() on alloc
failure
staging: rtl8723bs: fix NULL deref on bcmc station lookup in defrag
path

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_cmd.c | 3 ++-
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_recv.c | 5 ++++-
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 14 ++------------
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

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