Out-of-bounds Write Affecting backport-iwlwifi-dkms package, versions <9904-0ubuntu3.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2210-BACKPORTIWLWIFIDKMS-3092561
  • published1 Nov 2022
  • disclosed14 Oct 2022

Introduced: 14 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-41674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.10 backport-iwlwifi-dkms to version 9904-0ubuntu3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream backport-iwlwifi-dkms package and not the backport-iwlwifi-dkms package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16. Attackers able to inject WLAN frames could cause a buffer overflow in the ieee80211_bss_info_update function in net/mac80211/scan.c.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1