CVE-2026-64442CWE-125

CVE-2026-64442

High · published July 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()

Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they

dereference pIE->length:

- issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the

association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an

element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte

past the end of the buffer.

- join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has

the same problem under the same conditions.

Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a

malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue.

Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info():

1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain.

2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past the buffer end.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00286 · 20.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-07-25T14:17Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1456.6.145
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.966.12.96
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.396.18.39
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.1.47.1.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 5.10.2615.10.261
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2125.15.212
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1786.1.178
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 08:51Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()
    cvelistv5