CVE-2022-41674 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2022-41674?

CVE-2022-41674 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41674?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41674?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-41674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as A-253641805, ALPINE-CVE-2022-41674, ASB-A-253641805, AZL-11137, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41674, GHSA-6mrc-mhh5-mvx5 and 1 more.