CVE-2026-72490

CVE-2026-72490

published August 15, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt

The null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer.

Invert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00198 · 9.0th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (2)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:57Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
    cvelistv5