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Red Hat: CVE-2022-42721: BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2022-42721: BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list 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

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)

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

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