Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via net/wireless/nl80211.c
November 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, Linux, Slackware, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server, denial of service on service.
Provenance: radio connection.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via
net/wireless/nl80211.c of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a
denial of service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-buffer-overflow-via-net-wireless-nl80211-c-30401