5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-42721

Published: 14/10/2022 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A list management bug in BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 5.1 up to and including 5.19.x prior to 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.

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Description<!---->A list corruption flaw was found in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in the net/wireless/scanc function in the Linux kernel This flaw could lead to a denial of service problemA list corruption flaw was found in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in the net/wireless/scanc function in the Linux kernel This flaw could lead to a denial of serv ...
A list management bug in BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 51 through 51914 could be used by remote attackers who are able to inject WLAN frames to corrupt a linked list and, in turn, potentially execute code ...