CVE-2026-31626

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> staging: rtl8723bs: initialize le_tmp64 in rtw_BIP_verify()<br /> <br /> Initialize le_tmp64 to zero in rtw_BIP_verify() to prevent using<br /> uninitialized data.<br /> <br /> Smatch warns that only 6 bytes are copied to this 8-byte (u64)<br /> variable, leaving the last two bytes uninitialized:<br /> <br /> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_security.c:1308 rtw_BIP_verify()<br /> warn: not copying enough bytes for &amp;#39;&amp;le_tmp64&amp;#39; (8 vs 6 bytes)<br /> <br /> Initializing the variable at the start of the function fixes this<br /> warning and ensures predictable behavior.