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AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Adjacent WiFi scan/assoc data with no auth or interaction (AV:A/PR:N/UI:N); a 1-byte OOB read is not disclosed (C:N/I:N) and only marginally crashes (A:L).
Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).
CVSS VectorVendor: Linux
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6DescriptionCVE.org
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie()
rtw_restruct_wmm_ie() scans in_ie for a WMM IE with:
while (i < in_len) { ... if (i + 5 < in_len && in_ie[i] == 0xDD && ...) { ... break; } i += (in_ie[i + 1] + 2); /* to the next IE element */ }
When the "i + 5 < in_len" match check fails simply because i is within 5 bytes of the end of the buffer (i.e. no WMM IE was found near the tail of in_ie), execution falls through to "i += (in_ie[i + 1] + 2)", which reads in_ie[i + 1]. If i == in_len
- 1 at that point, this is a 1-byte out-of-bounds read of an
attacker-influenced IE buffer built from association/scan data.
Commit a75281626fc8f ("staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie") added the "i + 5 < in_len" guard to the match condition itself, but did not add an equivalent guard before the fallthrough advance, so the same class of OOB read remained reachable through the non-matching path.
Add an explicit bounds check before advancing to the next IE.
AnalysisAI
A one-byte out-of-bounds read in the rtl8723bs staging WiFi driver lets an unauthenticated attacker within radio range (adjacent network) trigger a kernel memory overread while the driver parses scan or association Information Element data, with realistic worst-case impact of a kernel crash or denial of service rather than leaked data. The flaw affects Linux kernels that carry the rtl8723bs staging driver from v4.12 onward through the fixed releases 6.18.52, 7.2.5 and 7.3-rc2 (plus mainline commit 4420cc71841b50e31a7868ef7acb011c0e08d294), and the vendor scores it 7.1 while our independent assessment places it lower (AV:A, PR:N, UI:N, availability-only, low). …
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| Exploitation | Requires the target to be running the rtl8723bs staging WiFi driver (Realtek RTL8723BS SDIO chip) actively scanning or associating. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | This is a low-priority issue despite a vendor base score of 7.1. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade to Linux 6.18.52, 7.2.5 or 7.3-rc2 (or later), or backport the stable commit 4420cc71841b50e31a7868ef7acb011c0e08d294 / fd19b8895f8a91087e8a62f1e27b128025dabb95 / 28a289beaf226b30b1e6e7d7b1a2946fe2d6e852 from https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4420cc71841b50e31a7868ef7acb011c0e08d294; distributions also carry the fix through their kernel security updates, so applying the latest kernel package for your branch is the primary action. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, inventory all Linux systems using kernels from v4.12 onward and identify which have the rtl8723bs staging driver loaded (e.g., via 'lsmod | grep rtl8723bs'); if the driver is not required, blacklist it immediately to eliminate exposure. …
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EUVD-2026-80624
GHSA-54jr-3vx9-2c5p