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CVE-2026-53178 (GCVE-0-2026-53178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:38 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:58
VLAI
Title
staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction
Summary
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.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6 (git)
Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484 (git)
Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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