CVE-2026-68190 PUBLISHED

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie()

rtw_get_wps_ie() iterates over IE data from network frames without validating that the IE header and payload fit within the remaining buffer before reading them. Specifically:

  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is read without checking cnt + 1 < in_len
  • memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], ...) accesses cnt + 2 without bounds check
  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is used as length without verifying payload fits

Add bounds checks at the top of the loop body to break early if fewer than 2 bytes remain for the IE header, or if the declared payload extends past the end of the buffer. Also require at least 4 bytes of payload before comparing the WPS OUI.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to b9d9a4cd2e59df7281992a076464d2536e80c674 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 630fdca3f2437fee3ffd437c4b646ccf84c7be87 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 875479f18835ac11e21a83e88f3d4dc7ccdcd0c4 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 23c31f107b4f8f420a754a45d12599bdb78f9bb8 (excl.)
  • affected from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to 0e95ff792ae0aa6fbad9455943e9e1e4062670e9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.148 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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