UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8658
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
100 explicit affected versions
35 explicit affected versions
16 explicit affected versions
36 explicit affected versions
17 explicit affected versions
13 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8658
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8658