CVE-2026-53179 (GCVE-0-2026-53179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:38 – Updated: 2026-07-04 11:51
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Title
staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection
Summary
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36 (git)
Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029 (git)
Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faea (git)
Affected: d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 , < 514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.95 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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