7.1

CVE-2025-68254: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68254DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68254
Published 16-12-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-68254 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 45 · Related 44
DLA-4476-1DSA-6127-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15836-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1

Timeline

  1. 16-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing The Extended Supported Rates (ESR) IE handling in OnBeacon accessed *(p + 1 + ielen) and *(p + 2 + ielen) without verifying that these offsets lie within the received frame buffer. A malformed beacon with an ESR IE positioned at the end of the buffer could cause an out-of-bounds read, potentially triggering a kernel panic. Add a boundary check to ensure that the ESR IE body and the subsequent bytes are within the limits of the frame before attempting to access them. This prevents OOB reads caused by malformed beacon frames.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-173.183 | < 6.8.0-110.110 | < 6.17.0-19.19
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1103.110 | < 6.8.0-1052.55 | < 6.17.0-1009.9
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.162-1 | < 6.12.63-1 | < 6.17.12-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < c03cb111628924827351e19baa5b073e9b0d723d | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < bb5940193d813449540d8d3a82abc045be41f48a | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < c173ce97d3f0f0c0fefa39139d6d04ba60b5db22 | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < d1ab7f9cee22e7b8a528da9ac953e4193b96cda5 | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < 38292407c2bb5b2b3131aaace4ecc7a829b40b76 | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < bf323db1d883c209880bd92f3b12503e3531c3fc | ≥ 554c0a3abf216c991c5ebddcdb2c08689ecd290b, < 502ddcc405b69fa92e0add6c1714d654504f6fd7 | 4.12

3 vendors · 159 products

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