CVE-2023-53554

HIGH EPSS 6.1%
Published Oct 4, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 4, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 10

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.12  –  <4.14.322
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.291
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.253
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.190
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.124
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.43
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.4.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any
linuxlinux_kernel6.5any

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202
    Patch