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Tracker / CVE-2011-2517

CVE-2011-2517

High 7.2

Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability during scan operations with a long SSID value.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel · … → 2.6.39.2
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation

Analysis

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