CVE-2011-2517

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.

🔗 References (12)

• secalert@redhathttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
• secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
• secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03