CVE-2021-28660

La función rtw_wx_set_scan en el archivo drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c en el kernel de Linux versiones hasta 5.11.6, permite escribir más allá del final de la matriz -)ssid[]. NOTA: desde la perspectiva de las versiones de kernel.org, las ID de CVE no se usan normalmente para drivers/staging/* (trabajo sin terminar); sin embargo, los integradores de sistemas pueden tener situaciones en las que un problema de drivers/staging sea relevante para su propia base de clientes

Jan Beulich discovered that the Xen netback backend in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions under paravirtualization. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ssid lengths in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.