CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74648

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's staging rtl8723bs driver, rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() removes the radiotap header and reads the 802.11 frame control field without checking that a base 802.11 header remains, potentially causing out-of-bounds reads or insufficient data.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker sending truncated frames, leading to system crash or potential code execution.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that rejects frames without the base 802.11 header and data frames without their complete calculated header span.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: validate monitor transmit frame lengths rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() removes the radiotap header and then reads the 802.11 frame control field without checking that a base 802.11 header remains. The data path also pulls the calculated 802.11, QoS and SNAP header span before confirming that the skb contains it. A truncated frame can therefore cause out-of-bounds reads or leave insufficient data for the Ethernet address writes. Reject frames that do not contain the base 802.11 header and data frames that do not contain their complete calculated header span.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS