CVE-2022-42896

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 64
Modified
Published: 23 Nov 2022, 14:11
Last modified:21 Apr 2025, 13:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.42% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Nov 2022, 14:11
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
21 Apr 2025, 13:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

There are use-after-free vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req functions which may allow code execution and leaking kernel memory (respectively) remotely via Bluetooth. A remote attacker could execute code leaking kernel memory via Bluetooth if within proximity of the victim. We recommend upgrading past commit  https://www.google.com/url https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/711f8c3fb3db61897080468586b970c87c61d9e4 https://www.google.com/url

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • v3.1HIGHScore: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.42% Percentile: 62%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 711f8c3fb3db61897080468586b970c87c61d9e4 | < 4.9.335 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.301 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.268 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.226 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.154 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.78 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.8

References (2)