CVE-2026-53178
highIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction Add guards t…
Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel
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.
CVSS
8.1
8.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-06-25 09:16
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:19
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
linux / linux_kernel ≥5.15 <7.0.13, 7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗