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CVE-2026-64442

Updated on 25 Jul 2026

Severity

Awaiting Analysis

Details

CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads in IE loops in issue_assocreq() and join_cmd_hdl()

Two IE parsing loops are missing the header bounds checks before they dereference pIE->length:

  • issue_assocreq() walks pmlmeinfo->network.ies to build the association request. If the stored IE data ends with only an element_id byte and no length byte, pIE->length is read one byte past the end of the buffer.

  • join_cmd_hdl() walks pnetwork->ies during station join and has the same problem under the same conditions.

Both buffers are filled from AP beacon and probe-response frames, so a malicious AP that sends a truncated final IE can trigger the issue.

Apply the two-guard pattern established in update_beacon_info():

  1. Break if fewer than sizeof(*pIE) bytes remain.
  2. Break if the IE’s declared data extends past the buffer end.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
Affected packages:
linux-hwe @ 4.15.0 (+11 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
Debian 11 In Rollout
44 kernels
  • 5.10.46-5
  • 5.10.70-1
  • 5.10.46-4
  • 5.10.84-1
  • 5.10.92-1
  • 5.10.92-2
  • 5.10.103-1
  • 5.10.106-1
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.120-1
  • 5.10.127-1
  • 5.10.127-2
  • 5.10.136-1
  • 5.10.140-1
  • 5.10.149-1
  • 5.10.149-2
  • 5.10.158-2
  • 5.10.162-1
  • 5.10.179-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.178-3
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.205-1
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
  • 5.10.249-1
  • 5.10.251-1
  • 5.10.251-3
  • 5.10.251-4
  • 5.10.251-5
  • 5.10.257-1
  • 5.10.259-1
Debian 11 cloud In Rollout
24 kernels
  • 5.10.113-1
  • 5.10.179-2
  • 5.10.179-3
  • 5.10.179-5
  • 5.10.191-1
  • 5.10.197-1
  • 5.10.205-2
  • 5.10.209-2
  • 5.10.216-1
  • 5.10.218-1
  • 5.10.221-1
  • 5.10.223-1
  • 5.10.226-1
  • 5.10.234-1
  • 5.10.237-1
  • 5.10.244-1
  • 5.10.247-1
  • 5.10.249-1
  • 5.10.251-1
  • 5.10.251-3
  • 5.10.251-4
  • 5.10.251-5
  • 5.10.257-1
  • 5.10.259-1
Debian 12 Released
42 kernels
  • 6.1.38-1
  • 6.1.38-2
  • 6.1.38-4
  • 6.1.52-1
  • 6.1.55-1
  • 6.1.64-1
  • 6.1.66-1
  • 6.1.69-1
  • 6.1.76-1
  • 6.1.27-1
  • 6.1.67-1
  • 6.1.85-1
  • 6.1.90-1
  • 6.1.94-1
  • 6.1.99-1
  • 6.1.106-3
  • 6.1.112-1
  • 6.1.115-1
  • 6.1.119-1
  • 6.1.123-1
  • 6.1.128-1
  • 6.1.124-1
  • 6.1.129-1
  • 6.1.133-1
  • 6.1.135-1
  • 6.1.137-1
  • 6.1.140-1
  • 6.1.139-1
  • 6.1.147-1
  • 6.1.148-1
  • 6.1.153-1
  • 6.1.158-1
  • 6.1.159-1
  • 6.1.162-1
  • 6.1.164-1
  • 6.1.170-1
  • 6.1.170-3
  • 6.1.172-1
  • 6.1.174-1
  • 6.1.170-2
  • 6.1.176-1
  • 6.1.177-1
Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 Planned —