CVE-2022-42720

Name
CVE-2022-42720
Description
Various refcounting bugs in the multi-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 trigger use-after-free conditions to potentially execute code.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204059
MISC http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5
MISC https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=0b7808818cb9df6680f98996b8e9a439fa7bcc2f
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
FEDORA https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
DEBIAN https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
MISC http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 5.1 <= 5.19.14
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* linux_kernel >= 5.1 < 5.19.16

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status