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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-64442

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 7/25/2026 6:17:28 AM

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Added Description

                  
                
              
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.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402f13ec95945f34a210b28df1f8740d3d4a58c5
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c21eec80cf502d9ea18e0b946246b2376452786
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/605ebd94d0f469204f3c9f2f84acc71e43e2780f
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a830bdc82461353bf7b1f8a2ad2689bf5d2de444
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2637c46ef8b8ae0894372a2d39fdfcdc420a1e
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc881c9915c4468747d0ca5fd1abd7b313cfb0f4
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38d16b1ffac385c9e4b38447cd5c46af1114b58
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef61d628dfad38fead1fd2e08979ae9126d011d5
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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