Local system crash via unchecked RSN offsets
Published Dec 18, 2022 · Updated Apr 17, 2025
An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11 allows local users to crash a system through a crafted RSN information element. In wilc_parse_join_bss_param, untrusted pairwise and authentication suite counts advance an offset used to copy RSN capabilities without confirming that the resulting position remains inside the element. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access to submit the Netlink data to an active WILC1000 wireless driver, and the documented consequence is a kernel crash.
Summary
What happened
An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel before 6.0.11 allows local users to crash a system through a crafted RSN information element. In wilc_parse_join_bss_param, untrusted pairwise and authentication suite counts advance an offset used to copy RSN capabilities without confirming that the resulting position remains inside the element. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access to submit the Netlink data to an active WILC1000 wireless driver, and the documented consequence is a kernel crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-47520
- Published
- Dec 18, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 18, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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