{
  "affected": [
    {
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        {
          "events": [
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              "introduced": "e23ad15700284b63ab5d8ae1370e93f7c1723863"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.1.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72490.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt\n\nThe null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer.\nInvert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72490",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:30.606698667Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:57:25.610Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3f9b3c47d8f071b0eb9e63906ac0448058278d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2296f87b72ccd72460ce13ad56e8652b321d4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72490.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72490"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt"
}