CVE-2022-42721

Published: Oct 13, 2022

Modified: May 15, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A list management bug in BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 5.1 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by local attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to corrupt a linked list and, in turn, potentially execute code.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204060

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=bcca852027e5878aec911a347407ecc88d6fff7f

FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910

vendor-advisory

FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb

vendor-advisory

FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6

vendor-advisory

DSA-5257

vendor-advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update

mailing-list

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0008/

Security Training

Train your team to recognize and prevent security threats with our comprehensive security awareness program.

Start Training

Vulnerability Scanning

Discover vulnerabilities in your applications and infrastructure before attackers do.

Scan Now

CVE-2022-42721

Description

Affected Products

References