CVE-2022-41674: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16

High severity · published Oct 13, 2022

CVE-2022-41674

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19.16

8.1

CVSS

4.1%

EPSS

On KEV

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Adjacent

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Kernel · Linux

5.1 before 5.4.218; 5.5 before 5.10.148; 5.11 before 5.15.74; 5.16 before 5.19.16; 6.0 before 6.0.2 · source: NVD

Debian Linux · Debian

10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

35; 36; 37 · source: NVD

SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens

before V1.1 · source: CISA

Affected product

Kernel

Linux

All Kernel CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41674

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41674

Third Party Advisory

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

Mailing List

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

Issue Tracking

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

Vendor Advisory

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

Mailing List

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

Mailing List

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