CVE-2026-53178

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53178
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53178.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-53178
Downstream
Published
2026-06-25T08:38:54.018Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:13:44.955646602Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: rtl8723bs: rtwmlme: add bounds checks before ielength subtraction

Add guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53178.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7
Fixed
542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
Fixed
88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53178.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.15.0
Fixed
7.0.13

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53178.json"