🛡️ CVE-2022-42722
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-476 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In the Linux kernel 5.8 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16, local attackers able to inject WLAN frames into the mac80211 stack could cause a NULL pointer dereference denial-of-service attack against the beacon protection of P2P devices.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-476
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-10-14
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
fedora
linux-kernel 5.8 5.19.16

References

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204125
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204125

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