gsd-2010-2955
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
The cfg80211_wext_giwessid function in net/wireless/wext-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36-rc3-next-20100831 does not properly initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to leverage an off-by-one error in the ioctl_standard_iw_point function in net/wireless/wext-core.c, and obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory, via vectors involving an SIOCGIWESSID ioctl call that specifies a large buffer size.
Aliases
Aliases



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            "accessVector": "LOCAL",
            "authentication": "NONE",
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2023-02-13T04:21Z",
      "publishedDate": "2010-09-08T20:00Z"
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}


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