CVE-2022-42721
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Oct 13, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2022
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/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-2022-2cfbe17910vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfbvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6vendor-advisory
- DSA-5257vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security updatemailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0008/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
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