Is CVE-2026-43069 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-43069 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-43069?

CVE-2026-43069 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-43069?

CVE-2026-43069 has an EPSS score of 0.11% (2th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-43069?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.257-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-43069

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.257-1CVE-2026-43069

Fixed in:6.1.170-1CVE-2026-43069

Fixed in:6.12.85-1CVE-2026-43069

Fixed in:6.19.11-1CVE-2026-43069

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.11%probability of exploitation in 30 days

2ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 2% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch8

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-29.