CVE-2011-2517

N/A Unknown

Published: May 24, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718152

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/208c72f4fe44fe09577e7975ba0e7fa0278f3d03

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.2