CVE-2026-64536

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop

State
Published
Severity
8.1 High
Published
Jul 27, 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 reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop

The loop in is_ap_in_tkip() iterates over IEs without verifying that enough bytes remain before dereferencing the IE header or its payload:

- pIE->element_id and pIE->length are read without checking that i + sizeof(*pIE) <= ie_length, so a truncated IE at the end of the buffer causes an OOB read.

- For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC the code compares pIE->data + 12, which requires pIE->length >= 16. For WLAN_EID_RSN it compares pIE->data + 8, requiring pIE->length >= 12. Neither requirement is checked.

Add the missing IE header and payload bounds checks and guard each data access with an explicit pIE->length minimum, matching the pattern established in update_beacon_info().

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 ea3809f7e20bdff282b8cc1e94937d5fb9fb32c7Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before d2055332297e24c63fffda943ef7a5eefc0a6019Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 6f26cc55affd9d7f88ae2f5d12db4ecf9072c209Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 204b22c8df115370037248859bf0fa62db73a396Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before a6105ea8ca6ebbc04beaf3bcbf7dbb5985f5d395Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 4380b3860d887a13555ff024a58dfc05b490dfd6Affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 3bf39f711ff27c64be8680a8938bcc5001982e81Affected
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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