{"id":"CVE-2026-90017","revision":"38b251a1f87145809b78f16b7a8ee456","records":[{"revision":"38b251a1f87145809b78f16b7a8ee456","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-90017","aliases":[],"title":"staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()\n\nrtw_action_frame_parse() takes a frame_len parameter but never\nactually checks it before indexing into the frame body:\n\n\tconst u8 *frame_body = frame + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr);\n\t...\n\tc = frame_body[0];\n\t...\n\ta = frame_body[1];\n\nframe_body already points 24 bytes (sizeof(struct\nieee80211_hdr_3addr)) into frame, so reading frame_body[0] and\nframe_body[1] requires frame_len >= 26. A management action frame\nshorter than that (e.g. exactly 24 bytes, the minimum a malicious\npeer can send) causes a 1-2 byte out-of-bounds read.\n\nThis is reachable from rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() and\ncfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx() in ioctl_cfg80211.c, both of which pass\nattacker/user-influenced frame buffers and lengths straight through.\n\nAdd the missing length check before frame_body is dereferenced.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-16T10:33:22.827+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T08:56:30.908+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n            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\"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"4.12\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"4.12\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.10.270\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.10.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.15.221\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.188\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.157\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.110\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.51\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.5\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90017","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-90017","identifiers":["CVE-2026-90017"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}