CVE-2026-64536 (GCVE-0-2026-64536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-27 06:36 – Updated: 2026-07-30 06:06
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Title
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in is_ap_in_tkip() IE loop The loop in is_ap_in_tkip() iterates over IEs without verifying that enough bytes remain before dereferencing the IE header or its payload: - pIE->element_id and pIE->length are read without checking that i + sizeof(*pIE) <= ie_length, so a truncated IE at the end of the buffer causes an OOB read. - For WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC the code compares pIE->data + 12, which requires pIE->length >= 16. For WLAN_EID_RSN it compares pIE->data + 8, requiring pIE->length >= 12. Neither requirement is checked. Add the missing IE header and payload bounds checks and guard each data access with an explicit pIE->length minimum, matching the pattern established in update_beacon_info().
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < ea3809f7e20bdff282b8cc1e94937d5fb9fb32c7 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < d2055332297e24c63fffda943ef7a5eefc0a6019 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < 6f26cc55affd9d7f88ae2f5d12db4ecf9072c209 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < 204b22c8df115370037248859bf0fa62db73a396 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < a6105ea8ca6ebbc04beaf3bcbf7dbb5985f5d395 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < 4380b3860d887a13555ff024a58dfc05b490dfd6 (git)
Affected: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b , < 3bf39f711ff27c64be8680a8938bcc5001982e81 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.96 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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