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high7.1

CVE-2022-49023

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here a…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets are present without checking. Since the element itself is already checked to fit, we only need to check the length.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.1 before 5.4.226
from 5.5 before 5.10.158
from 5.11 before 5.15.82
from 5.16 before 6.0.12
Version 6.1

Weakness classification

References