CVE-2026-53179CWE-125

CVE-2026-53179

High · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00125 · 2.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-06-25T13:16Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 6.18.366.18.36
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.137.0.13
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 08:38Z
    staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection
    cvelistv5