What is CVE-2026-53178?

CVE-2026-53178 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2026-53178 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-53178?

CVE-2026-53178 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-53178?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2026-53178. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2026-53178 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-53178 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-53178

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-06-25

Last modified 2026-06-25

Patch available

Awaiting data

References

2 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe