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CVE-2016-8658

Published: Oct 16, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20161013 Re: CVE Request -- Broadcom Wifi Driver Brcmfmac brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap Buffer Overflow

mailing-list

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403

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vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5

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