{"id":"CVE-2026-53178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53178","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:51:22.005Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstaging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme: add bounds checks before ie_length subtraction\n\nAdd guards to ensure ie_length is large enough before subtracting\nfixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow.","published":"2026-06-25T09:16:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-21T13:19:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-191"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00405,"percentile":0.34504,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18143799ad51a32b1351e4e1591b6285a0a9d7dd","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8863ac3a4fedf86b0ef5b8ecc37fbaa52f2a8160","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}