CVE-2022-49023

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2024-10-21

Last modified

2026-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391cb872553627bdcf236c03ee7d5adb275e37e1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6fe3707888bd1893e9741157a7035c4159ab6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6b79a3cd17620d467311b30d56f2648f6880aa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f16b5c82a025cd4c864737409234ddc44fb166a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c2ec288a865dbe3706b09bed12302e9f6d696b