Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,5.10.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006649
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Jan 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-36158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value, aka CID-5c455c5ab332.

CVSS Base Scores

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