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CVE-2011-2517

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging t

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Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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References 6

rhn.redhat.com

git.kernel.org

GitHub · torvalds/linux

openwall.com

ftp.osuosl.org

bugzilla.redhat.com