Riskcovery

CVE-2026-53179

staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 to before d95edbbf7830d77ad68d437c384055eac8cd9892Affected
  • d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 to before c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36Affected
  • d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 to before 735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029Affected
  • d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 to before 303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faeaAffected
  • d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7 to before 514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.15Affected
  • before 5.15Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.95 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.36 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.13 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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