Bug 2535330 (CVE-2026-90017) - CVE-2026-90017 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_parse()
Summary: CVE-2026-90017 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_action_frame_p...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90017
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-16 12:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-04 18:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-16 12:05:23 UTC
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.


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