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Is Orbi affected by latest (serious) WiFi vulnerability?

rhester72
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‎2022-10-16 10:06 AM
‎2022-10-16 10:06 AM

Is Orbi affected by latest (serious) WiFi vulnerability?

Not sure what the kernel version is, but the latest CVEs are unauthed and only require wifi framing to attack memory...

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/y2w1sy/rce_vulnerabilities_in_linux_wifi_stack_update/

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‎2022-10-16 10:10 AM
‎2022-10-16 10:10 AM

Re: Is Orbi affected by latest (serious) WiFi vulnerability?

Not sure if thats specific to Linux wifi drivers or effects qualcomm. I believe Orbi uses qualcom for wifi. 

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