CVE-2021-28660

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28660
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-28660.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-28660
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-03-17T15:15:13.593Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:36:17.006548Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

rtwwxsetscan in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/osdep/ioctl_linux.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.6 allows writing beyond the end of the ->ssid[] array. NOTE: from the perspective of kernel.org releases, CVE IDs are not normally used for drivers/staging/* (unfinished work); however, system integrators may have situations in which a drivers/staging issue is relevant to their own customer base.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "3.12"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.4.262"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "4.5"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.9.262"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "4.10"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.14.226"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "4.15"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "4.19.181"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "4.20"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.4.106"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "5.5"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.10.24"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "5.11"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.11.7"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "source": "DESCRIPTION",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "fixed": "5.11.6"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
74b6b20df8cfe90ada777d621b54c32e69e27cd7
Database specific
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-28660.json"