CVE-2026-72490

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxe23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 < fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4affected
LinuxLinuxe23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 < 9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278daffected
LinuxLinux7.1affected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.1unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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