GHSA-9JWG-48FR-MHC6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-25 12:31 – Updated: 2026-07-27 06:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()
Three IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks.
rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer without verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the remaining buffer before reading them. Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie() compares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least 6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at cnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain.
rtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at entry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain the 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI). Inside the attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and attr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer.
Add a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum IE length requirement, add a wps_ielen < 6 early return in rtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-64441"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-125"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-25T10:17:28Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()\n\nThree IE/attribute parsing functions have missing bounds checks.\n\nrtw_get_sec_ie() and rtw_get_wapi_ie() iterate over a raw IE buffer\nwithout verifying that the header bytes (tag + length) are within the\nremaining buffer before reading them. Additionally, rtw_get_sec_ie()\ncompares the 4-byte WPA OUI at cnt+2 without checking that at least\n6 bytes remain, and rtw_get_wapi_ie() compares a 4-byte WAPI OUI at\ncnt+6 without checking that at least 10 bytes remain.\n\nrtw_get_wps_attr() reads wps_ie[0] and wps_ie+2 unconditionally at\nentry, before verifying that wps_ielen is large enough to contain\nthe 6-byte WPS IE header (element_id + length + 4-byte OUI). Inside\nthe attribute loop, get_unaligned_be16() is called on attr_ptr and\nattr_ptr+2 without checking that 4 bytes remain in the buffer.\n\nAdd a cnt+2 bounds check before each loop body in rtw_get_sec_ie()\nand rtw_get_wapi_ie(), guard each multi-byte comparison with a minimum\nIE length requirement, add a wps_ielen \u003c 6 early return in\nrtw_get_wps_attr(), and add a 4-byte bounds check in its inner loop.",
"id": "GHSA-9jwg-48fr-mhc6",
"modified": "2026-07-27T06:30:37Z",
"published": "2026-07-25T12:31:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64441"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1463ca3ec6601cbb097d8d87dbf5dcf1cb86a344"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ea1ce30ead61589214240e8d33d96310fd613e5"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b51ee8a40fe47864197d73cc02b191de7a6b072"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ab1161e539fb7a1c8b35ff5a6ced4702e855b9c"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/729c4e72563bda0f1725db1db9ea08df06f41d9b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27ecba3196f6c14e3809595ebd69c0c2392512a"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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