CVE-2008-5134: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid beacon/probe response."

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.27.4; version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; …

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.