Bug 2516240 (CVE-2026-72490) - CVE-2026-72490 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
Summary: CVE-2026-72490 kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72490
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 11:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:02:11 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-17 11:29:17 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081538-CVE-2026-72490-5aa7@gregkh/T
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