The vulnerability of the rtw_is_desired_network() function in the drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c module allows for unauthorized access to protected information or to cause service failures. This vulnerability exposes additional devices in the Linux operating system to potential threats.

The vulnerability of the rtwisdesirednetwork function in the drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtwmlme.c module relates to the exploitation of integer overflows. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain access to protected information or cause service failures...

K000163167: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2026-53178

Security Advisory Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtwmlme: add bounds checks before ielength subtraction Add guards to ensure ielength is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow...

Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-098788)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-098788 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rate...

Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-098848)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-098848 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtwgetie parser The Information Element IE parser...

Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-098789)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-098789 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stack buffer overflow in OnAssocReq IE parsing The Supported Rates IE...

The vulnerability of the rtw_BIP_verify() function in the drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c file allows an attacker to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information by exploiting additional devices supported by the Linux operating system.

The vulnerability of the rtwBIPverify function in the drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtwsecurity.c module relates to access to an uninitialized pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the integrity and accessibility of protected information...

CVE-2026-74651

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs Wi-Fi driver. A remote attacker could send specially crafted Wi-Fi management frames containing a short vendor-specific information element. This could lead to an out-of-bounds read, where the system attempts to access memory beyond its allocated...

CVE-2026-74650

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Wi-Fi driver rtl8723bs. This vulnerability occurs because the system does not properly check the size of incoming Wireless Multimedia WMM information elements. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted network message, leading to an...

CVE-2026-74649

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs driver. A remote attacker, by operating a malicious Access Point AP, could send a specially crafted Wi-Fi Protected Equivalent Privacy WEP shared-key authentication challenge. This could lead to an out-of-bounds write or information disclosure due ...

CVE-2026-74648

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rtl8723bs Wi-Fi driver. This vulnerability occurs because the rtwcfg80211monitorifxmitentry function does not properly validate the length of monitor transmit frames after processing. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerabilities in Linux 5.10, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Staging: rtl8723bs – fixed a potential memory leak in rtwinitcmdpriv. In rtwinitcmdpriv, if pcmdpriv-rspallocatedbuf is allocated incorrectly, then pcmdpriv-cmdallocatedbuf will not be released properly. Additionally, since there...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Staging: rtl8723bs – fixed a potential memory leak in rtwinitdrvsw. In rtwinitdrvsw, various initialization functions are called to populate the padapter structure, and certain checks are performed on their return values. However...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: Staging: rtl8723bs: Fixed a deadlock in rtwsurveydoneeventcallback There is a deadlock in rtwsurveydoneeventcallback, as shown below: Thread 1 | Thread 2 | settimer rtwsurveydoneeventcallback| modtimer spinlockbh //1 |...

SUSE CVE-2026-74648

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: validate monitor transmit frame lengths rtwcfg80211monitorifxmitentry removes the radiotap header and then reads the 802.11 frame control field without checking that a base 802.11 header remains. The data path...

SUSE CVE-2026-74650

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMMparamhandler WMMparamhandler copies a fixed-size WMM parameter element out of a received information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read f...

SUSE CVE-2026-74651

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtwgetwpaie rtwgetwpaie reads bytes at fixed offsets into a vendor-specific information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read for a short...

CVE-2026-74649

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix missing shared-key auth challenge length check The WEP shared-key authentication handler uses the challenge-text element's attacker-controlled length without checking it against the fixed 128-byte chgtxt...

CVE-2026-74650

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in WMMparamhandler WMMparamhandler copies a fixed-size WMM parameter element out of a received information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read f...

CVE-2026-74651

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtwgetwpaie rtwgetwpaie reads bytes at fixed offsets into a vendor-specific information element without checking that the element is long enough, causing an out-of-bounds read for a short...

CVE-2026-74648

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: validate monitor transmit frame lengths rtwcfg80211monitorifxmitentry removes the radiotap header and then reads the 802.11 frame control field without checking that a base 802.11 header remains. The data path...