CVE-2026-53179

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection rtw_update_protection() is called with a pointer offset into the ies buffer but the full ie_length is passed, causing a potential buffer over-read.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faea

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-25

Updated: 2026-07-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00173