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CVE-2022-42720 High

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.

Exploit probability 0.8%
Published October 14, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change April 16, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Android :linux_kernel:

1 explicit affected versions

Unknown Unknown

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ASB-A-253642015

In multiple functions of scan.c, there is a possible way to inject WLAN frames due to a use after free. This could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities 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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence