# CVE-2023-53554: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks\_wlan\_set\_encode\_ext()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-04 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext() The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc

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