CVE-2026-72490 json
staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-17 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-59389
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72490 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72490
- NVD CVE-2026-72490
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