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GHSA-f43w-w9qr-2mwm
GHSA-f43w-w9qr-2mwm
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published October 14, 2022
Various refcounting bugs in the multi-BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 5.1 through 5.19.14 could be used by local attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to trigger use-after-free conditions to potentially execute code.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- Oct 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=0b7808818cb9df6680f98996b8e9a439fa7bcc2f url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2 url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42720 advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204059 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0008 url
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5 url