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CVE-2026-64442: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 402f13ec95945f34a210b28df1f8740d3d4a58c5, 4c21eec80cf502d9ea18e0b946246b2376452786, 605ebd94d0f469204f3c9f2f84acc71e43e2780f.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 402f13ec95945f34a210b28df1f8740d3d4a58c5, 4c21eec80cf502d9ea18e0b946246b2376452786, 605ebd94d0f469204f3c9f2f84acc71e43e2780f or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl() Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they dereference pIE->length: - issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte past the end of the buffer. - join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has the same problem under the same conditions. Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue. Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info(): 1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain. 2. Break if the IE's declared data extends past the buffer end.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 21th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
8.1
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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel4.12 and later · before 5.10.261
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.212
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.178
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.145
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.96
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.39
  • linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.1.4
  • linux linux kernel7.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.12affected
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before bc881c9915c4468747d0ca5fd1abd7b313cfb0f4affected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before 605ebd94d0f469204f3c9f2f84acc71e43e2780faffected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before a830bdc82461353bf7b1f8a2ad2689bf5d2de444affected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before 4c21eec80cf502d9ea18e0b946246b2376452786affected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before ad2637c46ef8b8ae0894372a2d39fdfcdc420a1eaffected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before c38d16b1ffac385c9e4b38447cd5c46af1114b58affected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before 402f13ec95945f34a210b28df1f8740d3d4a58c5affected · git
    • 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b and later · before ef61d628dfad38fead1fd2e08979ae9126d011d5affected · git
    • before 4.12not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.180-16.1.180-1
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.100-1~deb12u16.12.100-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.96-16.12.96-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.4-17.1.4-1

Same product

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  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-64440Jul 25, 2026 · staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB write in HT_caps_handler()
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-64441Jul 25, 2026 · staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in rtw_get_sec_ie(), rtw_get_wapi_ie(), and rtw_get_wps_attr()
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-64443Jul 25, 2026 · staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in update_beacon_info() IE loop
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux402f13ec95945f34a210b28df1f8740d3d4a58c5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4c21eec80cf502d9ea18e0b946246b2376452786Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux605ebd94d0f469204f3c9f2f84acc71e43e2780fVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa830bdc82461353bf7b1f8a2ad2689bf5d2de444Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxad2637c46ef8b8ae0894372a2d39fdfcdc420a1eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbc881c9915c4468747d0ca5fd1abd7b313cfb0f4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc38d16b1ffac385c9e4b38447cd5c46af1114b58Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxef61d628dfad38fead1fd2e08979ae9126d011d5Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.180-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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