staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_get_wpa_ie() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 20 ()
- 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 rtw_get_wpa_ie() rtw_get_wpa_ie() reads bytes at fixed offsets into a vendor-specific information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read for a short trailing IE. The function locates a vendor-specific IE (EID 221) with rtw_get_ie() and then compares a 4-byte OUI+type at pbuf + 2 and reads a 2-byte version word at pbuf + 6. Those accesses require the IE body to be at least 6 bytes, but rtw_get_ie() only guarantees that the element fits within the buffer; it does not enforce a minimum body length. A vendor-specific IE whose length byte is 0 to 5, placed at the end of the buffer, therefore makes these reads run past the end of the IE and past the end of the buffer itself. The buffer holds information elements taken from received management frames and from the IE blob passed to rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie(), which is kmemdup'd to its exact length, so the read can run off the end of the allocation. The sibling helpers rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie() and rtw_get_wps_ie() in this file already reject too-short vendor-specific IEs before their OUI memcmp(); rtw_get_wpa_ie() was never brought in line with them, and needs a minimum of 6 rather than 4 bytes because of the version word. Add the missing length check.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc459c5cd8767ca4d9bf2f7becbd562639ba4d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b45be82387bf759931acdd21ca7dfe740f16eb97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9068f82a0906b29c905e8788edb62c3208c7c8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d19f0600fbb610c42f2a86f95c35706dc04691b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c5a0d454aa5b54fec17162d9a1f8c30f8af45a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e167a38a8a8f50f137721fef1a1fbba0f4588b5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ab275f8f3e497a13ebbe4ded44ec0623bccde3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c3e23e78862493e8cf1adad02b10ffcb8b9921c
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-64588
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-74651
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1232 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1090 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 4fc459c5cd8767ca4d9bf2f7becbd562639ba4d9 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < b45be82387bf759931acdd21ca7dfe740f16eb97 ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < c9068f82a0906b29c905e8788edb62c3208c7c8a ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 0d19f0600fbb610c42f2a86f95c35706dc04691b ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 42c5a0d454aa5b54fec17162d9a1f8c30f8af45a ; affected 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < e167a38a8a8f50f137721fef1a1fbba0f4588b5d |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.12 ; unaffected 0 < 4.12 ; unaffected 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |