High 7.1Published Dec 16, 2025

CVE-2025-68254staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:23 PM ET)

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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 Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer. A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read, potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB reads caused by malformed beacon frames.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before c03cb111628924827351e19baa5b073e9b0d723d; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before bb5940193d813449540d8d3a82abc045be41f48a; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before c173ce97d3f0f0c0fefa39139d6d04ba60b5db22; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before d1ab7f9cee22e7b8a528da9ac953e4193b96cda5; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before 38292407c2bb5b2b3131aaace4ecc7a829b40b76; from 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b before bf323db1d883c209880bd92f3b12503e3531c3fc; 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b builds before 502ddcc405b69fa92e0add6c1714d654504f6fd7	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03cb111628924827351e19baa5b073e9b0d723d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb5940193d813449540d8d3a82abc045be41f48a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c173ce97d3f0f0c0fefa39139d6d04ba60b5db22
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ab7f9cee22e7b8a528da9ac953e4193b96cda5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38292407c2bb5b2b3131aaace4ecc7a829b40b76
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf323db1d883c209880bd92f3b12503e3531c3fc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/502ddcc405b69fa92e0add6c1714d654504f6fd7

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