CVE-2026-64443

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Jul 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop

The IE parsing loop in update_beacon_info() advances by (pIE->length + 2) each iteration but only guards on i < len. When a malicious AP sends a Beacon whose last IE has only one byte remaining in the frame (the element_id byte lands at len-1), the loop reads pIE->length from one byte past the allocated receive buffer.

Additionally, even when the header bytes are in bounds, pIE->length itself can extend the data window beyond len, passing a truncated IE to the handler functions.

Add two guards at the top of the loop body: 1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain (can't read header). 2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past len.

Also replace i += (pIE->length + 2) with i += sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length for consistency with the sizeof(*pIE) guards added above.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 5e8db4cff5b45c7c4edc8ae3f302027c3bb32b25Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 6dd5e8c3011ebabf417257d7f07901a7c4311539Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 9193c34f75fd9e1ea8a590d7cced464c3380dc29Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before bd953d52d587d42365e399b96c52dbdb13032070Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 69f174a0673b6b7a29b851adb60bc450cdc0ecc4Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before b5cc2f999927f69723ca53f1f2a3aa37dbeda907Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before ed51de4a86e173c3b0ef78e039c2e49e08b11f16Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.12Affected
  • before 4.12Not affected
  • 5.15.212 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.178 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.145 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.96 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.39 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.4 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

References

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