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.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5373a1aa91b2298f9305794b8270cf9896be96b6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f1c7031e044cb2fba82836d55cc235e2ad619dc Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/663fff29fd613e2b0d30c4138157312ba93c4939 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae9f55a495077f838bab466411ee6f38574df9b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9496fb96ddeb740dc6b966f4a7d8dfb8b93921c6 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1b04b56745bc79286c80aa876fabfab1e08ebf1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf420e30364ef9efe3e29a5c0e01e612aebf3fe Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/caac4b6c15b66feae4d83f602e1e46f124540202 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 8 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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