Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2025
staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext()
CVE-2023-53554
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 products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dcmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3femitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202mitre
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