CVE-2026-53178

Name	CVE-2026-53178
Description	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 integer underflow.
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)

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, bookworm (security)	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.94-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.95-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	7.1.3-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	7.0.13-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe (7.1)