CVE-2026-74648

staging: rtl8723bs: validate monitor transmit frame lengths

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2026 at 03:32 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: validate monitor transmit frame lengths rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() removes the radiotap header and then reads the 802.11 frame control field without checking that a base 802.11 header remains. The data path also pulls the calculated 802.11, QoS and SNAP header span before confirming that the skb contains it. A truncated frame can therefore cause out-of-bounds reads or leave insufficient data for the Ethernet address writes. Reject frames that do not contain the base 802.11 header and data frames that do not contain their complete calculated header span.

Affected

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

4.12554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b
Vendor states this is fixed in 6829665d050983907b560173e49dcc6c11cb2730 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7b0f62d2986a28e5e4188366bc2f4e2868b14790 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7edd3adb0c80d70b4237640275c559610f438476 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b3e4ed9c35d3d3b64fcc23f4a1f22b37c1865b1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a3ac6d849de5f7abe14761d741bbb843ac793454 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bd88f6289b7e483216a9c1df15a0460ef9b02cb6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c5e5d78743992e235b76d2ebe5a403d60315aa8a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f03398d835f5249c49546f0eb0d0df6792b95d5f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.104 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.152 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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