CVE-2026-53178CWE-191

CVE-2026-53178

High · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00265 · 17.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
Published
2026-06-25T13:16Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 7.0.137.0.13
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References (5)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 08:38Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction
    cvelistv5