CVE-2011-2517
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2011
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2011:1212vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
- [oss-security] 20110701 Re: CVE request: kernel: nl80211: missing check for valid SSID size in scan operationsmailing-list
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
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