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CVE-2026-64445

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix WEP length underflow and OOB read in OnAuth() OnAuth() has two bugs in the shared-key authentication path. When the Privacy bit is set, rtw_wep_decrypt() is called without verifying that the frame is long enough to contain a valid WEP IV and ICV. Inside rtw_wep_decrypt(), length is computed as: length = len - WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN - iv_len and then passed as (length - 4) to crc32_le(). If len is less than WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN + iv_len + icv_len (32 bytes), length - 4 is negative and, after the implicit cast to size_t, causes crc32_le() to read far beyond the frame buffer. Add a minimum length check before accessing the IV field and calling the decryption path. When processing a seq=3 response, rtw_get_ie() stores the Challenge Text IE length in ie_len, but the subsequent memcmp() always reads 128 bytes regardless of ie_len. IEEE 802.11 mandates a challenge text of exactly 128 bytes; reject any IE whose length field differs, matching the check already applied to OnAuthClient().

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64445
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 665e1ecb68b4e8419604e70a33f02d1c8b0222c6, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 87cccc2a767f17dcab71e3b9fe5ae29b5516c5ce, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < c9000c93078e5c0a5a651b077c0ec92a4bc7d580, 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b < 1f6c9d255bdda41216b6e34c96aa2b1abee0bb84 …
Linux Linux 4.12, 0 < 4.12, 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* …
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