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.
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Thu, 15 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T20:45:39.878Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42721

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.467Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-14T00:15:09.587

Modified: 2025-05-15T21:15:49.267

Link: CVE-2022-42721

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-10-13T10:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-42721 - Bugzilla