CVE-2026-53178

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.1 High

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-06-25

Last modified

2026-10-21

Weaknesses

CWE-191

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe