CVE-2026-53179

Name	CVE-2026-53179
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-6381-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.259-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.86-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.95-1	fixed
	forky	7.0.13-1	fixed
	sid	7.1.3-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	trixie	6.12.95-1	DSA-6381-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.0.13-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3 (7.1)