In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop The loop in is_ap_in_tkip() iterates over IEs without verifying that enough bytes remain before dereferencing the IE header or its payload: - pIE->element_id and pIE->length are read without checking that i + sizeof(*pIE) <= ie_length, so a truncated IE at the end of the buffer causes an OOB read. - For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC the code compares pIE->data + 12, which requires pIE->length >= 16. For WLAN_EID_RSN it compares pIE->data + 8, requiring pIE->length >= 12. Neither requirement is checked. Add the missing IE header and payload bounds checks and guard each data access with an explicit pIE->length minimum, matching the pattern established in update_beacon_info().
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 3
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:48
- CwesCWE-125NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 8.1NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/204b22c8df115370037248859bf0fa62db73a396
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf39f711ff27c64be8680a8938bcc5001982e81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4380b3860d887a13555ff024a58dfc05b490dfd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f26cc55affd9d7f88ae2f5d12db4ecf9072c209
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6105ea8ca6ebbc04beaf3bcbf7dbb5985f5d395
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2055332297e24c63fffda943ef7a5eefc0a6019
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea3809f7e20bdff282b8cc1e94937d5fb9fb32c7