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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42721 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 Not scored
Published October 14, 2022
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

50 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-fips

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS backport-iwlwifi-dkms

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS backport-iwlwifi-dkms

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp

58 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.4

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux

66 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS backport-iwlwifi-dkms

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws

58 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

33 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle

56 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4

54 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS backport-iwlwifi-dkms

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4

47 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4

42 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS backport-iwlwifi-dkms

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:25.10 backport-iwlwifi-dkms

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

43 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-5700-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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