vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-42721: Infinite Loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 13, 2022 | Aug 22, 2024 | Jun 18, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 13, 2022
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026
Description
A 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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-lts
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