CVE-2016-8658

 

Published at: - 16-10-2016 11:59

Last modified: - 26-10-2022 01:44

Total changes: - 3

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
• [oss-security] 20161013 Re: CVE Request -- Broadcom Wifi Driver Brcmfmac brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap Buffer Overflow-Mailing List
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
• 93541-
• USN-3146-2-
• USN-3146-1-
• USN-3145-2-
• USN-3145-1-

 

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CVE-2016-8658

 

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