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.

CVSS 3.1

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-191

Published

2026-06-25

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

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

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