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CVE-2026-64443

8.1 high SSVC exploitation: none Modified

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.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 7

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Change history 2

  1. StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
  2. First seenCVSS 8.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19

Affected (CPE criteria) 3

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 7