VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-42720
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-10-14
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory