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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-12654: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-12654: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/23/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status() in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c allows a remote AP to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect memcpy, aka CID-3a9b153c5591.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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