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Debian: CVE-2020-12653: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-12653: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
06/11/2020
Added
06/11/2020
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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