CVE-2026-64441

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr() Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks. rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer without verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the remaining buffer before reading them. Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie() compares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least 6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at cnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain. rtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at entry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain the 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI). Inside the attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and attr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer. Add a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum IE length requirement, add a wps_ielen < 6 early return in rtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2125.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1786.13 ≤ v < 6.18.406.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.97554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b7.27.2 rc17.2 rc2
Vendor states this is fixed in 1463ca3ec6601cbb097d8d87dbf5dcf1cb86a344 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2ea1ce30ead61589214240e8d33d96310fd613e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4b51ee8a40fe47864197d73cc02b191de7a6b072 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6ab1161e539fb7a1c8b35ff5a6ced4702e855b9c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 729c4e72563bda0f1725db1db9ea08df06f41d9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b27ecba3196f6c14e3809595ebd69c0c2392512a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in efa27d487abcdec79669a60a6d94d5d6eceb7c1d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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