CVE-2020-36158

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36158
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-05 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:22:00 UTC
Descriptionmwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value, aka CID-5c455c5ab332.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Hardware Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller - All All All
Operating System Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[1/1] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start - Patchwork patchwork.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.10.6-200.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2557-1] linux-4.19 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[PATCH 1/1] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start - Xiaohui Zhang MISC lore.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2586-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.10.6-200.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[PATCH 1/1] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start - Xiaohui Zhang lore.kernel.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4843-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_s… · torvalds/linux@5c455c5 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[1/1] mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start - Patchwork MISC patchwork.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2020-36158 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159492 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2021-4356)
  • 198295 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-kvm, Linux-lts-xenial, Linux-raspi2, (USN-4876-1)
  • 198296 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-aws-hwe, Linux-azure, Linux-azure-4.15, (USN-4877-1)
  • 198297 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-aws-5.4, Linux-azure, Linux-azure-5.4, Linux-gcp, (USN-4878-1)
  • 198298 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux, Linux-aws, Linux-azure, Linux-gcp, Linux-hwe-5.8, Linux-kvm, (USN-4879-1)
  • 198328 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4912-1)
  • 239816 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2021:4356)
  • 239879 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4140)
  • 375284 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1311)
  • 390233 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2021-0005)
  • 610351 Google Pixel Android July 2021 Security Patch Missing
  • 670185 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1684)
  • 670269 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1808)
  • 750376 OpenSUSE Security Update for RT kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0242-1)
  • 750428 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0075-1)
  • 750434 OpenSUSE Security Update for the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:0060-1)
  • 900040 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.4.91
  • 903286 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3722)
  • 906036 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3722-1)
  • 940265 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2021:4356)
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