CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-68190

Low risk· EPSS 10%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.20%

10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's staging rtl8723bs driver, there is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the rtw_get_wps_ie() function. The function processes IE data from network frames without validating that the header and payload fit within the buffer, which can lead to reading beyond memory.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can send malicious frames, potentially leading to information disclosure or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply a Linux kernel update containing the fix that adds proper bounds checks before reading IE data.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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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