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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-74650

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/22/2026 12:16:38 PM

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Added Description

                  
                
              
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.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1158b9931207392d6dd136aa0c4be18893b50fa1
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bee6f7a0f0125238951e31da2e96d06fe359043
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdca4c8b64c15a3ab9ad7a85f482e9519eadf93
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae21407350151bddfd4fea7aa39bd0643c0ca9d3
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2399717de242344880044b91a20a712644fdfb
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e429c6dfd5d2324cd866daaf4c29d5cfe4dea0e4
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b7610008f4e6a80c8b071aa77ddbd5e17ea472
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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