CVE-2026-53178

Published: Jun 25, 2026Modified: Jul 6, 2026

8.1

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.2

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

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 (8)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.15 to 7.0.13
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 7.1 rc7

Related CWEs

CWE-191

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result.

References (2)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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