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Linux CVE-2026-68190

| EUVDEUVD-2026-55291
2026-08-10 Linux GHSA-7gch-c4xx-86rx

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 10, 2026 - 14:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 12:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie()

rtw_get_wps_ie() iterates over IE data from network frames without validating that the IE header and payload fit within the remaining buffer before reading them. Specifically:

  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is read without checking cnt + 1 < in_len
  • memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], ...) accesses cnt + 2 without bounds check
  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is used as length without verifying payload fits

Add bounds checks at the top of the loop body to break early if fewer than 2 bytes remain for the IE header, or if the declared payload extends past the end of the buffer. Also require at least 4 bytes of payload before comparing the WPS OUI.

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_wps_ie()

rtw_get_wps_ie() iterates over IE data from network frames without validating that the IE header and payload fit within the remaining buffer before reading them. Specifically:

  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is read without checking cnt + 1 < in_len
  • memcmp(&in_ie[cnt + 2], ...) accesses cnt + 2 without bounds check
  • in_ie[cnt + 1] is used as length without verifying payload fits

Add bounds checks at the top of the loop body to break early if fewer than 2 bytes remain for the IE header, or if the declared payload extends past the end of the buffer. Also require at least 4 bytes of payload before comparing the WPS OUI.

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CVE-2026-68190 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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