staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMM_param_handler() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74650
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMM_param_handler() WMM_param_handler() copies a fixed-size WMM parameter element out of a received information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read for a short WMM IE. The handler reads sizeof(struct WMM_para_element) (18) bytes at pIE->data + 6, so it requires pIE->length to be at least 24 (WLAN_WMM_LEN), but it never validates the length. Two of its three callers reach it after matching only the WMM OUI: OnAssocRsp() in rtw_mlme_ext.c matches a 6-byte OUI, and join_cmd_hdl() matches a 4-byte OUI, before calling the handler. A vendor-specific IE carrying the WMM OUI but a length between 6 and 23, placed in an association response or in the IE blob handed to join_cmd_hdl(), passes the OUI check and then makes the memcmp() and memcpy() at pIE->data + 6 read past the end of the element. OnAssocRsp() parses a frame received from the AP, so this is reachable from a remote peer. The remaining caller in rtw_wlan_util.c already guards the handler with "pIE->length == WLAN_WMM_LEN". Move the equivalent check into the handler itself so every caller is covered; the sibling IE handlers in the same parsing loop (HT_caps_handler(), HT_info_handler(), ERP_IE_handler()) likewise bound their accesses by pIE->length.

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European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 5df2fd06567df5f178c8faae0bdaefd203618d21 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 6cdca4c8b64c15a3ab9ad7a85f482e9519eadf93 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 2bee6f7a0f0125238951e31da2e96d06fe359043 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 1158b9931207392d6dd136aa0c4be18893b50fa1 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < ce2399717de242344880044b91a20a712644fdfb ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < e5b7610008f4e6a80c8b071aa77ddbd5e17ea472
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.12 ; unaffected 0 < 4.12 ; unaffected 5.10.267 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD