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Vulnerability of Linux kernel: buffer overflow via net/wireless/nl80211.c

Synthesis of the vulnerability 

An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via net/wireless/nl80211.c of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
Impacted systems: Debian, Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity of this alert: 2/4.
Creation date: 25/09/2019.
Références of this alert: CERTFR-2019-AVI-555, CERTFR-2019-AVI-602, CERTFR-2019-AVI-655, CERTFR-2020-AVI-029, CERTFR-2020-AVI-119, CERTFR-2020-AVI-123, CERTFR-2020-AVI-124, CVE-2019-16746, DLA-2068-1, DLA-2114-1, FEDORA-2019-057d691fd4, openSUSE-SU-2020:0336-1, SSA:2019-311-01, SUSE-SU-2019:3389-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0093-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0511-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0560-1, SUSE-SU-2020:0667-1, USN-4183-1, USN-4183-2, USN-4186-1, USN-4186-2, USN-4186-3, USN-4209-1, USN-4210-1, VIGILANCE-VUL-30401.

Description of the vulnerability 

An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via net/wireless/nl80211.c of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run code.
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This weakness announce impacts software or systems such as Debian, Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.

Our Vigil@nce team determined that the severity of this vulnerability alert is medium.

The trust level is of type confirmed by the editor, with an origin of radio connection.

An attacker with a expert ability can exploit this computer threat announce.

Solutions for this threat 

Linux kernel: version 5.3.6.
The version 5.3.6 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.19.79.
The version 4.19.79 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.14.149.
The version 4.14.149 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.9.197.
The version 4.9.197 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 4.4.197.
The version 4.4.197 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/

Linux kernel: version 3.16.79.
The version 3.16.79 is fixed:
  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/

Linux kernel: patch for net/wireless/nl80211.c.
A patch is indicated in information sources.

Debian 8: new linux-4.9 packages.
New packages are available:
  Debian 8: linux-4.9 4.9.210-1~deb8u1

Debian 8: new linux packages.
New packages are available:
  Debian 8: linux 3.16.81-1

Fedora 30: new kernel-headers packages.
New packages are available:
  Fedora 30: kernel-headers 5.3.6-200.fc30

Fedora 30: new kernel packages.
New packages are available:
  Fedora 30: kernel 5.3.6-200.fc30

Fedora 30: new kernel-tools packages.
New packages are available:
  Fedora 30: kernel-tools 5.3.6-200.fc30

openSUSE Leap 15.1: new kernel packages (13/03/2020).
New packages are available:
  openSUSE Leap 15.1: kernel 4.12.14-lp151.28.40.1

Slackware 14.2: new kernel packages.
New packages are available:
  Slackware 14.2: kernel 4.4.199-*-1

SUSE LE 12 SP5: new kernel-azure packages (15/01/2020).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP5: kernel-azure 4.12.14-16.7.1

SUSE LE 12 SP5: new kernel packages (30/12/2019).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP5: kernel 4.12.14-122.12.1

SUSE LE 12 SP5: new kernel-rt packages.
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 12 SP5: kernel-rt 4.12.14-10.5.1

SUSE LE 15 SP1: new kernel-azure packages (28/02/2020).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 15 SP1: kernel-azure 4.12.14-8.27.1

SUSE LE 15 SP1: new kernel packages (03/03/2020).
New packages are available:
  SUSE LE 15 SP1: kernel 4.12.14-197.34.1

Ubuntu 19.10: new linux-image-5.3.0 packages.
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 19.10: linux-image-generic 5.3.0.23.27

Ubuntu: new linux-image-4.15.0 packages (03/12/2019).
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 4.15.0.72.92
  Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: linux-image-generic 4.15.0.72.74

Ubuntu: new linux-image-4.4.0 packages.
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: linux-image-generic-lts-xenial 4.4.0.168.147
  Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.169.177

Ubuntu: new linux-image-5.0.0 packages.
New packages are available:
  Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 5.0.0.37.95
  Ubuntu 19.04: linux-image-generic 5.0.0.37.39
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