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.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=aebe9f4639b13a1f4e9a6b42cdd2e38c617b442d
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
60.5%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
fedoraproject/fedora
35
fedoraproject/fedora
36
fedoraproject/fedora
37
linux/linux_kernel
5.1 - 5.4.218
Published
Oct 14, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026