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SUSE: CVE-2016-8658: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-8658: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C)
Published
10/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/22/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • 93541
  • USN-3145-1
  • USN-3145-2
  • USN-3146-1
  • USN-3146-2
  • USN-3161-3
  • USN-3161-4
  • CVE-2016-8658
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