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CVE-2026-68190

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie()

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < c670efe69ec8a3360bfa596436f0250a3bf15d42affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < 23b630e334f7e8f76bb22a18aca350da995af905affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < b9d9a4cd2e59df7281992a076464d2536e80c674affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < 630fdca3f2437fee3ffd437c4b646ccf84c7be87affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < 875479f18835ac11e21a83e88f3d4dc7ccdcd0c4affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < 23c31f107b4f8f420a754a45d12599bdb78f9bb8affected
  • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to < 0e95ff792ae0aa6fbad9455943e9e1e4062670e9affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.12affected
  • 0 to < 4.12unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.183 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.148 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.101 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.42 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.6 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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