CVE-2020-36158

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The marvell wifi driver could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

This issue is rated as having Moderate impact because the attacker needs to be local and privileged enough to be able to initiate ad-hoc WIFI network creation.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

To mitigate this issue, prevent the module mwifiex from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.