CVE-2026-72490

{"id": "CVE-2026-72490", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863", "lessThan": "fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863", "lessThan": "9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "7.1"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "7.1", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.1.5", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:23.307", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt\n\nThe null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer.\nInvert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer."}], "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:17.313", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}