CVE-2026-64445
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth() OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). 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 WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth() OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path. When the Privacy bit is set, rtw_wep_decrypt() is called without verifying that the frame is long enough to contain a valid WEP IV and ICV. Inside rtw_wep_decrypt(), length is computed as: length = len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - iv_len and then passed as (length - 4) to crc32_le(). If len is less than WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + iv_len + icv_len (32 bytes), length - 4 is negative and, after the implicit cast to size_t, causes crc32_le() to read far beyond the frame buffer. Add a minimum length check before accessing the IV field and calling the decryption path. When processing a seq=3 response, rtw_get_ie() stores the Challenge Text IE length in ie_len, but the subsequent memcmp() always reads 128 bytes regardless of ie_len. IEEE 802.11 mandates a challenge text of exactly 128 bytes; reject any IE whose length field differs, matching the check already applied to OnAuthClient().
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6c9d255bdda41216b6e34c96aa2b1abee0bb84Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e44a7665f3abd320a80d9c64ee4a93317041b8bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ec4192d9c10e96922245d4a6747304cc76b19dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/665e1ecb68b4e8419604e70a33f02d1c8b0222c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87cccc2a767f17dcab71e3b9fe5ae29b5516c5cePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1fc19d61f661d47204f095b593de507884849f7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9000c93078e5c0a5a651b077c0ec92a4bc7d580Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d90b9f39f375c9826ef145605dfe97765d0ecb91Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.