High severity · published Jul 25, 2026
CVE-2026-64445
staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth()
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.12 before 5.10.261; 5.11 before 5.15.212; 5.16 before 6.1.178; 6.2 before 6.6.145; 6.7 before 6.12.96; 6.13 before 6.18.39; +3 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 665e1ecb68b4e8419604e70a33f02d1c8b0222c6; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 87cccc2a767f17dcab71e3b9fe5ae29b5516c5ce; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before c9000c93078e5c0a5a651b077c0ec92a4bc7d580; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 1f6c9d255bdda41216b6e34c96aa2b1abee0bb84; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 3e44a7665f3abd320a80d9c64ee4a93317041b8b; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 64ec4192d9c10e96922245d4a6747304cc76b19d; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64445
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64445
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6c9d255bdda41216b6e34c96aa2b1abee0bb84
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e44a7665f3abd320a80d9c64ee4a93317041b8b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ec4192d9c10e96922245d4a6747304cc76b19d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/665e1ecb68b4e8419604e70a33f02d1c8b0222c6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87cccc2a767f17dcab71e3b9fe5ae29b5516c5ce
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1fc19d61f661d47204f095b593de507884849f7
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