APPLIED: [PATCH 0/2][SRU][X] CVE-2019-3846/CVE-2019-10126: Marvell WiFi-Ex memory corruption

[Khaled Elmously]

On 2019-07-10 01:26:02 , Tyler Hicks wrote:
> A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate
> privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a
> malicious wireless network.
> 
>  - https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2019-3846
> 
> A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A heap based buffer overflow in
> mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c might lead to memory
> corruption and possibly other consequences.
> 
>  - https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/?cve=CVE-2019-10126
> 
> Both patches are straightforward backports. Build logs show no related compiler
> warnings. I am unable to test the Marvell WiFi-Ex driver.
> 
> Tyler
> 
> Takashi Iwai (2):
>   mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows at parsing bss descriptor
>   mwifiex: Fix heap overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies()
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/ie.c   | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c |  4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
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> 2.7.4
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