What is GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g?

GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g cover?

GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-53178. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g?

GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56gHighCVSS 8.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: rtw_mlme...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53178
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542d65a6dbd9733baab96313c9fe76a76e93f484
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88e994c57a79f62d5338231d8d37ee8dd98baffe
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9gv-4j5c-v56g