CVE-2026-64444 PUBLISHED

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

The IE parsing loop in OnAssocRsp() advances by (pIE->length + 2) each iteration but only guards on i < pkt_len. When a malicious AP sends an AssocResponse whose last IE has only one byte remaining in the frame (the element_id byte lands at pkt_len-1), the loop reads pIE->length from pframe[pkt_len], which is 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 pkt_len, silently 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 pkt_len.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 889ca6000ac7fa73457b041848fcb08e0d51b809 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 1a52a05471494546f955a58e8c170c0c796c52d5 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 0406d746574e875d8778552eb674fcfbf5330bfb (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 0970dd47726a57e52013594e9fbf667586eb3673 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 04f612dc03427e0b1ac80a2611b5ac0ba93ac446 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 7e7741c8315e4160aead00a60cdd6f81ab880717 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to f9654207e92283e0acac5d64fe5f8835383b5a23 (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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