CVE-2020-12653

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12653
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-05 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-26 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H300s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H300s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H410s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H410s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H500s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H500s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H615c - All All All
Operating System Netapp H615c Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700e - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700e Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H700s Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Operating System Netapp Hci Compute Node Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Linux kernel: two buffer overflow in the marvell wifi driver MLIST www.openwall.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.4 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() · torvalds/linux@b70261a · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
May 2020 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4698-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0801-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 390233 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0005)
  • 900078 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 902877 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3465)
  • 905794 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3465-1)
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