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Status published
High
CVE-2022-49023
wifi: cfg80211: fix buffer overflow in elem comparison
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c2ec288a865dbe3706b09bed12302e9f6d696b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e6b79a3cd17620d467311b30d56f2648f6880aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6fe3707888bd1893e9741157a7035c4159ab6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391cb872553627bdcf236c03ee7d5adb275e37e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f16b5c82a025cd4c864737409234ddc44fb166a
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0b8fb8235be8be99a197e8d948fc0a2df8dc261a, 5.1, 0, 5.4.226, 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 6.0.12, 6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2024
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.