Researcher finds bug dating back to 2013 in a driver for Realtek Wi-Fi chips in Linux devices that could let hackers remotely crash or compromise devices (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researcher finds bug dating back to 2013 in a driver for Realtek Wi-Fi chips in Linux devices that could let hackers remotely crash or compromise devices  —  Buffer overflow can be triggered in Realtek Wi-Fi cards, no user interaction needed.  —  A potentially serious vulnerability in Linux …

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