CVE-2026-64445

staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth()

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 WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth() OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path. When the Privacy bit is set, rtw_wep_decrypt() is called without verifying that the frame is long enough to contain a valid WEP IV and ICV. Inside rtw_wep_decrypt(), length is computed as: length = len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - iv_len and then passed as (length - 4) to crc32_le(). If len is less than WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + iv_len + icv_len (32 bytes), length - 4 is negative and, after the implicit cast to size_t, causes crc32_le() to read far beyond the frame buffer. Add a minimum length check before accessing the IV field and calling the decryption path. When processing a seq=3 response, rtw_get_ie() stores the Challenge Text IE length in ie_len, but the subsequent memcmp() always reads 128 bytes regardless of ie_len. IEEE 802.11 mandates a challenge text of exactly 128 bytes; reject any IE whose length field differs, matching the check already applied to OnAuthClient().

Affected

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

4.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2615.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2125.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1786.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.96554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b7.27.2 rc17.2 rc2
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f6c9d255bdda41216b6e34c96aa2b1abee0bb84 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3e44a7665f3abd320a80d9c64ee4a93317041b8b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 64ec4192d9c10e96922245d4a6747304cc76b19d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 665e1ecb68b4e8419604e70a33f02d1c8b0222c6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 87cccc2a767f17dcab71e3b9fe5ae29b5516c5ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a1fc19d61f661d47204f095b593de507884849f7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c9000c93078e5c0a5a651b077c0ec92a4bc7d580 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d90b9f39f375c9826ef145605dfe97765d0ecb91 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (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 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (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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