FKIE_CVE-2020-36158

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-01-05 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:14
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
mwifiex_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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCHBIRS27VMOGMBHPWP2R7SZRFXT6O6U/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/r/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.com
cve@mitre.orghttps://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.com/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0002/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03dPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCHBIRS27VMOGMBHPWP2R7SZRFXT6O6U/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.com
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20201206084801.26479-1-ruc_zhangxiaohui%40163.com/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0002/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
fedoraproject fedora 33
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
netapp cloud_backup -
netapp solidfire_baseboard_management_controller_firmware -
netapp solidfire_baseboard_management_controller -
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