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Red Hat: CVE-2022-42720: use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-42720: use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/14/2022
Created
05/15/2023
Added
05/15/2023
Modified
03/13/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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