cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames in which one frame omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and the subsequent frame contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the cmp_ies function. NOTE: a potential weakness in the is_mesh function was also addressed, but the relevant condition did not exist in the code, so it is not a vulnerability.
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Information
Published : 2009-08-18 14:00
Updated : 2012-03-18 21:00
NVD link : CVE-2009-2844
Mitre link : CVE-2009-2844
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CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
linux
- kernel
- linux_kernel