CVE-2026-64443 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 5e8db4cff5b45c7c4edc8ae3f302027c3bb32b25 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 6dd5e8c3011ebabf417257d7f07901a7c4311539 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 9193c34f75fd9e1ea8a590d7cced464c3380dc29 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to bd953d52d587d42365e399b96c52dbdb13032070 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 69f174a0673b6b7a29b851adb60bc450cdc0ecc4 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to b5cc2f999927f69723ca53f1f2a3aa37dbeda907 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to ed51de4a86e173c3b0ef78e039c2e49e08b11f16 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.212 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.178 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.96 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc3 to * (incl.)

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