staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-53179
HIGH 7.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < d95edbbf7830d77ad68d437c384055eac8cd9892 ; affected d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36 ; affected d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < 735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029 ; affected d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < 303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faea ; affected d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 < 514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.15 ; unaffected 0 < 5.15 ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.36 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.0.13 ≤ 7.0.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD