VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-53554
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext() The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: ks7010: potential buffer overflow in ks_wlan_set_encode_ext() The "exc->key_len" is a u16 that comes from the user. If it's over IW_ENCODING_TOKEN_MAX (64) that could lead to memory corruption.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.