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CVE-2022-42719

Date: October 12, 2022

A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.

Language: C

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/

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

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42719

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171005/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LNS-0091-1.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257

Url: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204051

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42719

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=ff05d4b45dd89b922578dac497dcabf57cf771c6

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-42719

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

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CVE-2022-42719

Date: October 12, 2022

Language: C

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

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