vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-17666)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 17, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9, 4.19.82, 4.14.152, 4.9.199, 4.4.199 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker is able to trigger the overflow remotely through Wi-Fi by using a power-saving feature known as a Notice of Absence when the Realtek (RTLWIFI) driver is being used on the affected host leading to arbitrary code execution.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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