Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.1-rc1,6.1-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.55% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3057778
  • published20 Oct 2022
  • disclosed20 Oct 2022
  • creditSönke Huster

Introduced: 20 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-42720  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1-rc1 or higher.

Overview

torvalds/linux is a None

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. in the bss_ref_get(), cfg80211_bss_update() and cfg80211_inform_single_bss_data() function in net/wireless/scan.c, which could allow code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1