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CVE-2026-53178

staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.52, 7.0.13
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 · fixed in 18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd; From d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 · fixed in 8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160; From d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 · fixed in 637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6; From d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 · fixed in 542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484; From d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 · fixed in 88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe

  • Linux Linux

    5.15

  • KernelLinux

    From 5.15.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.52; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.0.13

References 5

git.kernel.org