CVE-2026-90017

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90017
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90017.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90017
Downstream
Published
2026-09-16T10:33:22Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:35Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()
Details

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()

rtw_action_frame_parse() takes a frame_len parameter but never actually checks it before indexing into the frame body:

const u8 *frame_body = frame + sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr);
...
c = frame_body[0];
...
a = frame_body[1];

frame_body already points 24 bytes (sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr)) into frame, so reading frame_body[0] and frame_body[1] requires frame_len >= 26. A management action frame shorter than that (e.g. exactly 24 bytes, the minimum a malicious peer can send) causes a 1-2 byte out-of-bounds read.

This is reachable from rtw_cfg80211_monitor_if_xmit_entry() and cfg80211_rtw_mgmt_tx() in ioctl_cfg80211.c, both of which pass attacker/user-influenced frame buffers and lengths straight through.

Add the missing length check before frame_body is dereferenced.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90017.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b
Fixed
15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695
Fixed
310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393
Fixed
1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9
Fixed
0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24
Fixed
136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023
Fixed
b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a
Fixed
a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb
Fixed
ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90017.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.12.0
Fixed
5.10.270
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.221
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.188
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.157
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.110
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.51
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90017.json"