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CVE-2021-47251

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix skb length check in ieee80211_scan_rx() Replace hard-coded compile-time const…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix skb length check in ieee80211_scan_rx() Replace hard-coded compile-time constants for header length check with dynamic determination based on the frame type. Otherwise, we hit a validation WARN_ON in cfg80211 later. [style fixes, reword commit message]

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.10 before 5.10.46
from 5.11 before 5.12.13
Version 5.13

Weakness classification

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