CVE-2026-74650: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMM_param_handler()

Published Aug 22, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMMparamhandler()

WMMparamhandler() 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 WMMparaelement) (18) bytes at pIE->data + 6, so it requires pIE->length to be at least 24 (WLANWMMLEN), but it never validates the length. Two of its three callers reach it after matching only the WMM OUI: OnAssocRsp() in rtwmlmeext.c matches a 6-byte OUI, and joincmdhdl() 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 joincmdhdl(), 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 rtwwlanutil.c already guards the handler with "pIE->length == WLANWMMLEN". Move the equivalent check into the handler itself so every caller is covered; the sibling IE handlers in the same parsing loop (HTcapshandler(), HTinfohandler(), ERPIEhandler()) likewise bound their accesses by pIE->length.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Aug 22, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:32 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:32 PM
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