The vulnerability in the driver/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c component of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtwmlme.c component in the Linux kernel is related to pointer dereferencing errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-53178

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - staging: rtl8723bs: rtwmlme: add bounds checks before ielength subtraction Add guards to ensure ielength is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to...

CVE-2026-53178

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, specifically within the rtl8723bs Wi-Fi driver's rtwmlme component. This vulnerability is due to a missing bounds check before subtracting fixed offsets from the ielength variable, which can lead to an unsigned integer underflow. This issue could potentially...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53178

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtwmlme: add bounds checks before ielength subtraction Add guards to ensure ielength is large enough before subtracting fixed IE offsets to prevent unsigned integer underflow...