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Debian: CVE-2022-42721: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-42721: linux, linux-5.10 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/14/2022
Created
11/02/2022
Added
11/01/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

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(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux
  • debian-upgrade-linux-5-10

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