Upstream information

CVE-2022-40964 at MITRE

Description

Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.9
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • iwl100-firmware >= 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl1000-firmware >= 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl105-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl135-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl2000-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl2030-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl3160-firmware >= 25.30.13.0-83.el7_9
  • iwl3945-firmware >= 15.32.2.9-83.el7_9
  • iwl4965-firmware >= 228.61.2.24-83.el7_9
  • iwl5000-firmware >= 8.83.5.1_1-83.el7_9
  • iwl5150-firmware >= 8.24.2.2-83.el7_9
  • iwl6000-firmware >= 9.221.4.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl6000g2a-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl6000g2b-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl6050-firmware >= 41.28.5.1-83.el7_9
  • iwl7260-firmware >= 25.30.13.0-83.el7_9
  • linux-firmware >= 20200421-83.git78c0348.el7_9
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2024:3939
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • iwl100-firmware >= 39.31.5.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl1000-firmware >= 39.31.5.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl105-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl135-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl2000-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl2030-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl3160-firmware >= 25.30.13.0-140.el9_3
  • iwl5000-firmware >= 8.83.5.1_1-140.el9_3
  • iwl5150-firmware >= 8.24.2.2-140.el9_3
  • iwl6000g2a-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl6000g2b-firmware >= 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl6050-firmware >= 41.28.5.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl7260-firmware >= 25.30.13.0-140.el9_3
  • libertas-sd8787-firmware >= 20230814-140.el9_3
  • linux-firmware >= 20230814-140.el9_3
  • linux-firmware-whence >= 20230814-140.el9_3
  • netronome-firmware >= 20230814-140.el9_3
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:6595

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 11 06:02:34 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:37:57 2025