Bug 1940590 (CVE-2021-28660)

Summary:	CVE-2021-28660 kernel: buffer overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan function in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bdettelb, bhu, blc, bmasney, brdeoliv, bskeggs, chwhite, crwood, dhoward, dvlasenk, fhrbata, fpacheco, hdegoede, hkrzesin, jarodwilson, jeremy, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, jonathan, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, masami256, mchehab, mlangsdo, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rvrbovsk, security-response-team, steved, tomckay, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The rtw_wx_set_scan driver allows writing beyond the end of the ->ssid[] array. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-03-19 12:44:33 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1940591
Bug Blocks:	1940592

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-18 16:54:35 UTC

rtw_wx_set_scan in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.6 allows writing beyond the end of the ->ssid[] array. NOTE: from the perspective of kernel.org releases, CVE IDs are not normally used for drivers/staging/* (unfinished work); however, system integrators may have situations in which a drivers/staging issue is relevant to their own customer base.

Reference and upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=74b6b20df8cfe90ada777d621b54c32e69e27cd7

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-03-18 16:57:50 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1940591]