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CVE-2022-42722
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.60%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204125 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=b2d03cabe2b2e150ff5a381731ea0355459be09f (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-5257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221101 [SECURITY] [DLA 3173-1] linux-5.10 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0008/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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