CVE-2026-64536 (GCVE-0-2026-64536)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-27 06:36
Modified
2026-08-17 04:57
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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().
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b Version: 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b |
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