Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] staging: rtl8723bs: fix OOB reads and heap overflow in IE parsing

From: Luka Gejak

Date: Sun Apr 26 2026 - 06:30:06 EST



On April 26, 2026 11:51:53 AM GMT+02:00, Alexandru Hossu <hossu.alexandru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>This series fixes three related bugs in the rtl8723bs staging driver's
>802.11 IE parsing code. All three share the same root cause: IE parsing
>loops and IE handler functions do not check that an IE's declared length
>actually fits within the remaining buffer before reading from it.

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If these are bug fixes(which they appear to be) they should have Fixes
tag present as well as cc for stable if they are present in stabe tree
too. Also Reviewed-by tag goes above your Signed-off-by tag. Please
send v3 with these changes.
Best regards,
Luka Gejak