# staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB read in rtw_restruct_wmm_ie()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90016`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90016`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2026, 10:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 0c1f8bada613edbd810d010996d36159092576d5` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 55034fa38bd8b302ceb32c15e8a98298f56f629b` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before a8d76480d1abbbf617c2d6d9f60bf95ab45cff04` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 716850842d2f103f915fe7c857ff1a0a036491b4` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before e63b72c5d7336981dfc05e5cb92becff29dfea00` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 4420cc71841b50e31a7868ef7acb011c0e08d294` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before fd19b8895f8a91087e8a62f1e27b128025dabb95` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 28a289beaf226b30b1e6e7d7b1a2946fe2d6e852` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.12`
  - unaffected: `before 4.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.5 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0040, the 34th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90016](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90016)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90016](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90016)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c1f8bada613edbd810d010996d36159092576d5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55034fa38bd8b302ceb32c15e8a98298f56f629b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d76480d1abbbf617c2d6d9f60bf95ab45cff04>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/716850842d2f103f915fe7c857ff1a0a036491b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63b72c5d7336981dfc05e5cb92becff29dfea00>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4420cc71841b50e31a7868ef7acb011c0e08d294>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd19b8895f8a91087e8a62f1e27b128025dabb95>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28a289beaf226b30b1e6e7d7b1a2946fe2d6e852>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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