CVE-2022-49942

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.13-5.19.8 - NULL Pointer Dereference in IBSS CSA Beacon Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: Don't finalize CSA in IBSS mode if state is disconnected When we are not connected to a channel, sending channel "switch" announcement doesn't make any sense. The BSS list is empty in that case. This causes the for loop in cfg80211_get_bss() to be bypassed, so the function returns NULL (check line 1424 of net/wireless/scan.c), causing the WARN_ON() in ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon() to get triggered (check line 500 of net/mac80211/ibss.c), which was consequently reported on the syzkaller dashboard. Thus, check if we have an existing connection before generating the CSA beacon in ieee80211_ibss_finish_csa().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.4%
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 (27)
linux/Kernel 3.13.0 - 4.9.328linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.293linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.258linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.213linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.66linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.8linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.142linux
Linux/Linux < 3.13
Linux/Linux 3.13
Linux/Linux 4.14.293 - 4.14.*
... and 17 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026