CVE-2025-68254
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer. A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read, potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB reads caused by malformed beacon frames.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38292407c2bb5b2b3131aaace4ecc7a829b40b76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502ddcc405b69fa92e0add6c1714d654504f6fd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb5940193d813449540d8d3a82abc045be41f48a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf323db1d883c209880bd92f3b12503e3531c3fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03cb111628924827351e19baa5b073e9b0d723d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c173ce97d3f0f0c0fefa39139d6d04ba60b5db22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ab7f9cee22e7b8a528da9ac953e4193b96cda5
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.