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Debian: CVE-2019-17666: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-17666: linux -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/17/2019
Created
01/21/2020
Added
01/20/2020
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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