Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-31626

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - staging: rtl8723bs: initialize letmp64 in rtwBIPverify Initialize letmp64 to zero in rtwBIPverify to prevent using uninitialized data. Smatch warns that only 6...

CVE-2026-31626

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: initialize letmp64 in rtwBIPverify Initialize letmp64 to zero in rtwBIPverify to prevent using uninitialized data. Smatch warns that only 6 bytes are copied to this 8-byte u64 variable, leaving the last two...

CVE-2026-31626

CVE-2026-31626 affects the Linux kernel’s rtl8723bs staging driver, specifically the rtw_BIP_verify() function. A u64 variable (le_tmp64) was not fully initialized, which Smatch warned could leave the last two bytes uninitialized (only 6 of 8 bytes copied). The issue is resolved by initializing l...