CVE-2026-64443CWE-125

CVE-2026-64443

High · published July 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00280 · 19.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-07-25T14:17Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.12, < 5.15.2125.15.212
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1786.1.178
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—
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUL 08:51Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop
    cvelistv5