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CVE-2026-53179

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:bbca496834517c97369db3520b1c4170033df6cb476f8d71fbfa6a424ae7c57a
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.15"},{"lessThan":"5.15","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.95","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.36","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.0.13","versionType":"s…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Affected products and versions

2 source assertions
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36","status":"affected","version":"d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029","status":"affected","version":"d3fcee1b78a533c256077f1300dd236801397cf7","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faea","status":"affected","version":"d3fc…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.15"},{"lessThan":"5.15","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.12.95","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","version":"6.18.36","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.0.13","versionType":"s…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/affected/1

Source references

4 source assertions
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/303f65af819f6d5aa302e82bce72b57a8575faea"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/514ab98364595007d4557ecc85d7e5f012c504d3"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/735dabdf21561a24d8bcae456c9c32f7f961a029"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35ce55b12bb8fcd365daeb516e9782048119b36"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:94b1dc0653d42ba327856f431427d86b74895fe25e742d0e0f8c8b7bab57bc80 · sha256:1f9e36c05b526986… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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