CVE-2022-49023

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c2ec288a865dbe3706b09bed12302e9f6d696b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f16b5c82a025cd4c864737409234ddc44fb166a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6b79a3cd17620d467311b30d56f2648f6880aa

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6fe3707888bd1893e9741157a7035c4159ab6

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391cb872553627bdcf236c03ee7d5adb275e37e1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-21

Updated: 2024-10-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High