UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7541

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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7541

Summary:

Details: The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7541, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/24/2, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.3, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049645, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473198, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c, https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg180994.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3405-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3405-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3419-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3419-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3422-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3422-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7541