Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init Function

CVE-2013-7027 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:A/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init function in net/wireless/radiotap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not check whether a frame contains any data outside of the header, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted header.

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