CVE-2023-53554

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.12-4.14.321 - Out-of-bounds Write in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext() The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.14.322 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.291 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.190 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.124 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.253 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.43 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.4.8 - 6.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.5
... and 10 more
Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026