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CVE-2022-42719

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2022-10-13 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxLinux Linux KernelFedoraproject Fedora

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References