CVE-2026-53178

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxd3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < 542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484affected
LinuxLinuxd3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < 88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffeaffected
LinuxLinux5.15affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.15unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.13 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References