| Name | CVE-2022-42721 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3173-1, DSA-5257-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.11.7-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20221013100522.46346-1-johannes@sipsolutions.net/T/#u
https://github.com/PurpleVsGreen/beacown