CVE-2025-71234

wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

CVE-2025-71234 is fixed in 51 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71234, released February 18, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0024
14th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in __sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a slab-out-of-bounds write. KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346 Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12 Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station private data. Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
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kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
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kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_10 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1 Mar 23, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_10 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
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kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1 Mar 25, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1 SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1 Mar 26, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1 Mar 25, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.73-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71234 Feb 18, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.18.12-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71234 Feb 18, 2026

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