Intel® has published a set of patches for Intel Centrino.

• GSL

  3 Aug 06, 12:06

  Intel® Centrino Wireless Driver Malformed Frame Remote Code Execution.
  
  Centrino is not just a processor, it integrates WLAN and other features for laptops. The vulnerabilities are not related to the processor itself but to the wireless features.
  
  The vulnerabilities are pretty awful. Worst of them "could potentially be exploited by attackers within range of the Wi-Fi station to execute arbitrary code on the target system with kernel-level privileges". So at least in theory, somebody could write a WLAN virus that would jump from one laptop to another if the laptops are too close to each other.
  
  Patch now.
  
  Summary:
  Security vulnerabilities exist in the Microsoft* Windows* drivers for the Intel® 2200BG and 2915ABG PRO/Wireless Network Connection Hardware because of the way that they currently handle certain frames. An attacker could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities which could potentially lead to remote code execution and system control.
  
  Description:
  Security vulnerabilities have been identified in the Microsoft* Windows* drivers for the Intel® 2200BG and 2915ABG PRO/Wireless Network Connection Hardware (w22n50.sys, w22n51.sys, w29n50.sys, w29n51.sys), which could potentially be exploited by attackers within range of the Wi-Fi station to execute arbitrary code on the target system with kernel-level privileges. These flaws are due to a memory corruption while parsing certain frames.
  
  Affected products:
  Product Application Versions Driver Versions Affected Versions
  Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Intel® PROSet/Wireless 8, 9, 10 8.x.x.x, 9.x.x.x All prior to 10.5 with drvr 9.0.4.16
  Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Intel® PROSet/Wireless 9, 10 9.x.x.x All prior to 10.5 with drvr 9.0.4.16
  
  If you have Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection Hardware installed and are using Microsoft Windows on your system(s), your system could be affected.
  
  Recommendations:
  While Intel is not aware of any malicious use of the vulnerability described in this advisory, users should upgrade the Microsoft* Windows* drivers for the Intel® 2200BG and 2915ABG PRO/Wireless Network Connection Hardware.
  
  
• GSL

  3 Aug 06, 12:10

  The Patch file is 129MB.
  
  
• tiggersgd

  3 Aug 06, 12:38

  so 3945ABG is not affected n have been patched already?
• GSL

  3 Aug 06, 12:48

  Originally posted by tiggersgd:

  so 3945ABG is not affected n have been patched already?

  According to Intel website, The affected product is Intel® 2200BG and 2915ABG PRO/Wireless Network Connection Hardware only.
• tiggersgd

  3 Aug 06, 13:11

  thanks.
• GSL

  3 Aug 06, 13:11

  Originally posted by tiggersgd:

  thanks.

  You are welcome.
• GSL

  3 Aug 06, 16:54

  These driver file will be patched.
  
  w22n50.sys, w22n51.sys, w29n50.sys, w29n51.sys
• dork3d

  3 Aug 06, 17:25

  So the affected patches can be downloaded from Intel's website?
• GSL

  4 Aug 06, 12:01

  Originally posted by dork3d:

  So the affected patches can be downloaded from Intel's website?

  Yes.You can download it from Here
• GSL

  5 Aug 06, 11:32

  Now lets say you install that download on, say, an IBM ThinkPad T43. Did you update the ThinkVantage Access Connections software first? If not, then the ThinkVantage software might not recognize the new driver and it could lead to a system crash. If you do have the latest IBM software then the Intel driver works but there seem to be a few small issues. Or at least on one machine the toggling on/off of the Wi-Fi radio leads to a maximum connection time of 5 minutes. Booting with the radio on to begin with works fine.
  
  In some cases where updating the IntelPROSet software makes the software lose all of your existing favorite networks and it forgets your existing WEP/WPA keys.