CVE-2025-68362
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/12/2025
Last modified:
29/12/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
wifi: rtl818x: rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb()<br />
<br />
The rtl8187_rx_cb() calculates the rx descriptor header address<br />
by subtracting its size from the skb tail pointer.<br />
However, it does not validate if the received packet<br />
(skb->len from urb->actual_length) is large enough to contain this<br />
header.<br />
<br />
If a truncated packet is received, this will lead to a buffer<br />
underflow, reading memory before the start of the skb data area,<br />
and causing a kernel panic.<br />
<br />
Add length checks for both rtl8187 and rtl8187b descriptor headers<br />
before attempting to access them, dropping the packet cleanly if the<br />
check fails.



