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Debian: CVE-2022-49023: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-49023: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/23/2024
Created
10/24/2024
Added
10/23/2024
Modified
10/25/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison For vendor elements, the code here assumes that 5 octets are present without checking. Since the element itself is already checked to fit, we only need to check the length.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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