CVE-2021-47611 (GCVE-0-2021-47611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-06-19 14:58
Modified
2026-08-05 08:48
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: validate extended element ID is present Before attempting to parse an extended element, verify that the extended element ID is present.
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Linux Linux Version: 41cbb0f5a29592874355e4159489eb08337cd50e
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