CVE-2022-42722

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.8-5.19.x - Denial of Service via WLAN Frame Injection in mac80211 Beacon Protection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core 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
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 5.5
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
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 5.8 - 5.19.16
Published Oct 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026