CVE-2016-8658: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information Element in a command to a Netlink socket.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.7.4

Published 2016-10-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.