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CVE-2022-42721 Moderate

CVE-2022-42721

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.

Exploit probability 0.6%
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-253642088

In cfg80211_add_nontrans_list of scan.c, there is a possible way to corrupt a list due to a logic error in the code. 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-2022-42721

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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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence