Riskcovery

CVE-2026-72490

staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Aug 9, 2026

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Description

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt

The null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer. Invert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 to before fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4Affected
  • e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 to before 9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.1Affected
  • before 7.1Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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