CVE-2025-71234CWE-787

CVE-2025-71234

High · published February 18, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to

allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in

__sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of

struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a

slab-out-of-bounds write.

KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346

Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12

Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during

probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures

mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station

private data.

Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00187 · 7.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-02-18T21:22Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.9, < 6.12.726.12.72
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.116.18.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.16.19.1
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 FEB 14:53Z
    wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add
    cvelistv5