CVE-2026-53178

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-25

Updated: 2026-06-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00162