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CVE-2022-49023

HIGH CVSS: 7.1 Published: 2024-10-21 Modified: 2026-08-04

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-120

References