CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-53178
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-06-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-191
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction
Add guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting
fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15 < 7.0.13)
• linux linux kernel 7.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe Patch