In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) it would lead to memory corruption so add some bounds checking.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831ede Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537f Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 6
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831ede Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537f Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html