UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8658

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8658

    Published: 16 Oct 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8658
    Aliases:
    USN-3145-1
    USN-3145-2
    USN-3146-1

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8658, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384403, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ded89912156b1a47d940a0c954c43afbabd0c42c, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8658

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-103.150

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High