CVE-2022-41674

high

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16. Attackers able to inject WLAN frames could cause a buffer overflow in the ieee80211_bss_info_update function in net/mac80211/scan.c.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203770

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=aebe9f4639b13a1f4e9a6b42cdd2e38c617b442d

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/net/mac80211/scan.c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-10-14

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H