CVE-2026-64443

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 5e8db4cff5b45c7c4edc8ae3f302027c3bb32b25affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 6dd5e8c3011ebabf417257d7f07901a7c4311539affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 9193c34f75fd9e1ea8a590d7cced464c3380dc29affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < bd953d52d587d42365e399b96c52dbdb13032070affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 69f174a0673b6b7a29b851adb60bc450cdc0ecc4affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < b5cc2f999927f69723ca53f1f2a3aa37dbeda907affected
LinuxLinux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < ed51de4a86e173c3b0ef78e039c2e49e08b11f16affected
LinuxLinux4.12affected
LinuxLinux0 < 4.12unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.212 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.178 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.145 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.96 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.39 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.4 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2-rc3 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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