CVE-2007-5938 Information

Description

The iwl_set_rate function in compatible/iwl3945-base.c in iwlwifi 1.1.21 and earlier dereferences an iwl_get_hw_mode return value without checking for NULL which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors during module initialization.

Reference

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ipw3945.devel/1618 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199209 http://osvdb.org/44749 http://secunia.com/advisories/29236 http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git;a=commitdiff;h=25db44d4cdfe31d59223d74cb577f4a71aff1a40 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26842 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4211 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10787