| 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) |
| References | DLA-4904-1, DSA-6602-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bookworm | 6.1.176-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.192-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 6.12.107-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.117-1 | fixed | |
| forky | 7.2.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.3.4-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.12 (PTS) | bookworm (security) | 6.12.117-1~deb12u1 | 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 | trixie | 6.12.115-2 | DSA-6602-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 7.0.13-1 | |||
| linux-6.12 | source | bookworm | 6.12.115-2~deb12u1 | DLA-4904-1 |
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe (7.1)