staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMM_param_handler()
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMM_param_handler() WMM_param_handler() copies a fixed-size WMM parameter element out of a received information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read for a short WMM IE. The handler reads sizeof(struct WMM_para_element) (18) bytes at pIE->data + 6, so it requires pIE->length to be at least 24 (WLAN_WMM_LEN), but it never validates the length. Two of its three callers reach it after matching only the WMM OUI: OnAssocRsp() in rtw_mlme_ext.c matches a 6-byte OUI, and join_cmd_hdl() matches a 4-byte OUI, before calling the handler. A vendor-specific IE carrying the WMM OUI but a length between 6 and 23, placed in an association response or in the IE blob handed to join_cmd_hdl(), passes the OUI check and then makes the memcmp() and memcpy() at pIE->data + 6 read past the end of the element. OnAssocRsp() parses a frame received from the AP, so this is reachable from a remote peer. The remaining caller in rtw_wlan_util.c already guards the handler with "pIE->length == WLAN_WMM_LEN". Move the equivalent check into the handler itself so every caller is covered; the sibling IE handlers in the same parsing loop (HT_caps_handler(), HT_info_handler(), ERP_IE_handler()) likewise bound their accesses by pIE->length.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.267, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74650
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-96vf-829x-rg43
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df2fd06567df5f178c8faae0bdaefd203618d21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdca4c8b64c15a3ab9ad7a85f482e9519eadf93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bee6f7a0f0125238951e31da2e96d06fe359043
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1158b9931207392d6dd136aa0c4be18893b50fa1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2399717de242344880044b91a20a712644fdfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b7610008f4e6a80c8b071aa77ddbd5e17ea472
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e429c6dfd5d2324cd866daaf4c29d5cfe4dea0e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae21407350151bddfd4fea7aa39bd0643c0ca9d3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74650 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74650 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-96vf-829x-rg43 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74650 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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