Stack-based Buffer Overflow in brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap Function

CVE-2016-8658 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

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