CVE-2022-42721

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-42721
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-14 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:53:00 UTC
DescriptionA list management bug in 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 corrupt a linked list and, in turn, potentially execute code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 36 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
October 2022 Linux Kernel 5.19.15 Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - Re: Various Linux Kernel WLAN security issues (RCE/DOS) found MISC www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 1204060 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-42721: kernel: remote crash/code execution due list corruption in the wlan stack MISC bugzilla.suse.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git - kvalo's fork of linux.git MISC git.kernel.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: kernel-5.19.15-301.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5257-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.19.15-201.fc36 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0090-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: kernel-5.19.15-101.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160583 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-2458)
  • 160692 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel (ELSA-2023-2951)
  • 181145 Debian Security Update for linux (DSA 5257-1)
  • 181190 Debian Security Update for linux-5.10 (DLA 3173-1)
  • 183646 Debian Security Update for linux (CVE-2022-42721)
  • 198996 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5691-1)
  • 198997 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5692-1)
  • 198999 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (OEM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5693-1)
  • 199006 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel Vulnerabilities (USN-5700-1)
  • 199014 Ubuntu Security Notification for backport-iwlwifi-dkms Vulnerabilities (USN-5708-1)
  • 199053 Ubuntu Security Notification for Linux kernel (Azure CVM) Vulnerabilities (USN-5752-1)
  • 241417 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:2458)
  • 241468 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:2148)
  • 241504 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2023:2951)
  • 241527 Red Hat Update for kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:2736)
  • 243041 Red Hat Update for kernel security (RHSA-2024:1188)
  • 283201 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910)
  • 283209 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb)
  • 283477 Fedora Security Update for kernel (FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6)
  • 377891 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0002)
  • 378468 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-20230042)
  • 378512 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0042)
  • 502548 Alpine Linux Security Update for linux-lts
  • 504122 Alpine Linux Security Update for linux-lts
  • 610462 Google Android Devices January 2023 Security Patch Missing
  • 610467 Google Android February 2023 Security Patch Missing for Samsung
  • 752708 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3704-1)
  • 752724 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3775-1)
  • 752750 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3844-1)
  • 752889 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1)
  • 752911 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3998-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753119 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:3657-1)
  • 753143 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 24 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2022:3606-1)
  • 753150 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 2 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2022:3605-1)
  • 753339 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 3 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2022:3601-1)
  • 753352 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 29 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:3648-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
  • 753375 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2022:3628-1)
  • 753394 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 30 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:3607-1)
  • 904220 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11123)
  • 904224 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11117)
  • 904386 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11123-1)
  • 904415 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11117-1)
  • 905880 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11123-2)
  • 906437 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (11117-2)
  • 941023 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:2458)
  • 941061 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2023:2148)
  • 941096 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel (ALSA-2023:2951)
  • 941114 AlmaLinux Security Update for kernel-rt (ALSA-2023:2736)
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