In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix heap buffer overflow in rtw_cfg80211_set_wpa_ie()
supplicant_ie is a 256-byte array in struct security_priv. The WPA and WPA2 IE copy paths use:
memcpy(padapter->securitypriv.supplicant_ie, &pwpa[0], wpa_ielen + 2);
where wpa_ielen is the raw IE length field (u8, 0-255). When a local user supplies a connect request via nl80211 with a crafted WPA IE of length 255, wpa_ielen + 2 equals 257, overflowing the 256-byte buffer by one byte into the adjacent last_mic_err_time field.
rtw_parse_wpa_ie() does not prevent this: its length consistency check compares *(wpa_ie+1) against (u8)(wpa_ie_len-2), which is (u8)(255) == 255 when wpa_ie_len = 257, so the check passes silently.
Add explicit bounds checks for both the WPA and WPA2 paths before the memcpy, rejecting any IE whose total size (wpa_ielen + 2) exceeds the supplicant_ie buffer.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 31, 2026 | Jul 25, 2026 |
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