A vulnerability has been discovered in the RTLWIFI driver, which is used to support Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system. A flaw in the driver could be exploited to either crash your device, or even allow an attacker to take full control of your system.
The bug has been around for at least four years, and is described as 'serious' by security experts.
It has been assigned CVE-2019-17666, and while a fix has been proposed, it's yet to be incorporated into the Linux kernel.
Does this need to be added to Kernel, or only patched? Or has this been addressed already?
JR
Vulnerability for Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system?
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Re: Vulnerability for Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system?
Here's the Debian security tracker page:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tra ... 2019-17666
Apologies if you already know about this.
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tra ... 2019-17666
Apologies if you already know about this.
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Re: Vulnerability for Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system?
Head on a Stick, Thanks...
Re: Vulnerability for Realtek Wi-Fi chips on Linux system?
saw that the other day but was not sure if i should have posted it. i try to post relevant stuff to mx oor debian or xfce.