Not yet scoredPublished Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72490staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 8:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt The null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer. Invert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 before fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4; from e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863 before 9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d

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