CVE-2023-53554

staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext()

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: October 4, 2025 at 03:16 PM UTC

Updated: August 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

4.12 ≤ v < 4.14.3224.12 ≤ v < 4.19.2914.12 ≤ v < 5.10.1904.12 ≤ v < 5.15.1244.12 ≤ v < 5.4.2534.12 ≤ v < 6.1.434.12 ≤ v < 6.4.84.12 ≤ v < 6.54.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2914.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2535.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1245.16 ≤ v < 6.1.435.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1906.2 ≤ v < 6.4.86.5 rc1 6.5 rc2 6.5 rc3b121d84882b97b8668be0b95e9ba50cfd01aa0f1

Vendor states this is fixed in 5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.12 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.322 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.291 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.190 (unaffected)