What is GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975?

GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with unknown severity. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975 cover?

GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72490. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975unknown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72490 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72490
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4pw-r5h6-2975