CVE-2026-90017

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse() rtw_action_frame_parse() takes a frame_len parameter but never actually checks it before indexing into the frame body: const u8 *frame_body = frame + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr); ... c = frame_body[0]; ... a = frame_body[1]; frame_body already points 24 bytes (sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr)) into frame, so reading frame_body[0] and frame_body[1] requires frame_len >= 26. A management action frame shorter than that (e.g. exactly 24 bytes, the minimum a malicious peer can send) causes a 1-2 byte out-of-bounds read. This is reachable from rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() and cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx() in ioctl_cfg80211.c, both of which pass attacker/user-influenced frame buffers and lengths straight through. Add the missing length check before frame_body is dereferenced.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695, 310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393, 1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9, 0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24, 136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023, b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a, a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb, ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < 15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < 310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < 1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < 0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < 136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b ≤ v < ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7, 4.1215081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695, 310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393, 1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9, 0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24, 136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023, b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a, a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb, ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7

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