CVE-2026-31626: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.12, before 6.6.136 (fixed in 6.6.136); from 6.7, before 6.12.83 (fixed in 6.12.83); from 6.13, before 6.18.24 (fixed in 6.18.24); from 6.19, before 6.19.14 (fixed in 6.19.14); from 7.0, before 7.0.1 (fixed in 7.0.1)

Published 2026-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.