Article 64PDA Some remotely exploitable kernel WiFi vulnerabilities

Some remotely exploitable kernel WiFi vulnerabilities

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It would appear that there is a set ofmemory-related vulnerabilities in the kernel's WiFi stack that can beexploited over the air via malicious packets; five CVE numbers have beenassigned to the set. Fixes are headed toward themainline and should show up in stable updates before too long; anybody whouses WiFi on untrusted networks should probably keep an eye out for therelevant updates.
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