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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-36158: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4356)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2020-36158: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4356)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/05/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value, aka CID-5c455c5ab332.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel

References

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