CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-8658.md

CVE-2016-8658

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1

Github

• https://github.com/freener/pocs