HIGH 7.8 Microsoft
CVE-2022-42720
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2022-Oct: 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.
Affected Products
- cm1 kernel 5.10.149.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0
- cbl2 kernel 5.15.74.1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42720
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42720
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2022-10-11 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 kernel 5.10.149.1-1 on CBL Mariner 1.0, cbl2 kernel 5.15.74.1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0.
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