Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath9k_htc: fix potential out of bounds access with invalid rxstatus->rs_keyix
The “rxstatus->rs_keyix” eventually gets passed to test_bit() so we need to ensure that it is within the bitmap.
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c:46 ath9k_cmn_rx_accept() error: passing untrusted data ‘rx_stats->rs_keyix’ to ’test_bit()’
Details
- Affected product:
- CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux-hwe @ 4.15.0 (+3 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ath9k_htc: fix potential out of bounds access with invalid rxstatus->rs_keyix
The “rxstatus->rs_keyix” eventually gets passed to test_bit() so we need to ensure that it is within the bitmap.
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c:46 ath9k_cmn_rx_accept() error: passing untrusted data ‘rx_stats->rs_keyix’ to ’test_bit()’