CVE-2016-8658 Information

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93541 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.1