CVE-2026-72490 in Linux

Riassunto

di MITRE • 15/08/2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt

The null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer. Invert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.

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• Responsabile: Linux
• Prenotare: 09/08/2026
• Divulgazione: 15/08/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-390996
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-476 (confermato)
• CVSS: 7.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Government, Hospital, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72490
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72490
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72490/