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  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-43069",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-43069"
  ],
  "published": "2026-05-05T15:23:45Z",
  "summary": "Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path\n\nSmatch reports:\n\ndrivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn:\n'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 544.\n\nIn download_firmware(), if request_firmware() succeeds but the returned\nfirmware content is invalid (no data or zero size), the function returns\nwithout releasing the firmware, resulting in a resource leak.\n\nFix this by calling release_firmware() before returning when\nrequest_firmware() succeeded but the firmware content is invalid.",
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        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43069"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
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    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}