Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via libertas add_ie_rates
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server.
Provenance: radio connection.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 22/11/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via libertas
add_ie_rates() 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-libertas-add-ie-rates-30945