Description
An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 24, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified