{"id":"CVE-2026-53178","title":"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 prev…","summary":"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 prev…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-191"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.15, < 7.0.13","linux_kernel = 7.1"],"patched":["linux_kernel 7.0.13"],"published":"2026-06-25","updated":"2026-09-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-14T12:17:43.387","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53178","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637e0ea73f690028796ee2fc72a2ac4ec32968c6","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00342,"epssPercentile":0.27769,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-06T17:44:51.381Z","slug":"CVE-2026-53178","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.15, < 7.0.13`\n- `linux_kernel = 7.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 7.0.13`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}