# CVE-2025-68254: staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing CVE-2025-68254 is fixed in 37 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68254, released December 16, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68254 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.1 (Important) - EPSS: 0.0028 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Dec 16, 2025 - Vendor advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68254 ## 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. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | bpftool ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | dtb-aarch64 opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0472-1.md) | Feb 12, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1.150700.17.21.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1.160000.2.6 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-kvmsmall opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-kvmsmall sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_9 sles 15.7 | 1-150700.1.3.2 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0587-1.md) | Feb 20, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_9 sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-build opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-build sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-qa opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-qa sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-rt opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source-azure sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0472-1.md) | Feb 12, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms-azure sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0472-1.md) | Feb 12, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-container ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-container ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-container-debug ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-container-debug ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-doc ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-core ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-devel ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 8 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-uek64k-modules-extra ol 9 | 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek | [ELSA-2026-50145](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2026-50145.md) | Mar 10, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-20145-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-0447-1.md) | Feb 11, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.9.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-20220-1.md) | Feb 2, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.162-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68254](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-68254.md) | Dec 16, 2025 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.63-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68254](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-68254.md) | Dec 16, 2025 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.17.12-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68254](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2025-68254.md) | Dec 16, 2025 | --- Data as of 2026-11-09T01:18:40Z UTC. 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