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

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90017`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90017`
- **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:** 19 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 15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before 136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb` (git)
  - affected: `554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b to before ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.12`
  - unaffected: `before 4.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.270 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.110 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.51 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:** 0.0036, the 29th 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-2026-90017](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90017)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90017](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90017)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15081ff835b29e456da29303b32efc436df04695>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310aaa8058d19cc431aedac0f5bb814e84479393>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1410bce22351ba15d8e58287cbf09d55d7f21fc9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7f64c7bb9664777168768c6b44affb07dcbf24>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/136f9a3ab87ded8aaf081425cfb2059659dd9023>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b041e3f35e0d262d42a711094ab594634d72744a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54fd1a44862d263df9f8bc17fca3620be31addb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff917923f4fb9c83717ba135ee47d7e4c1567bb7>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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