UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42722

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42722

    Published: 14 Oct 2022Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-42722
    Aliases:
    USN-5692-1
    USN-5693-1
    USN-5700-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42722, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/2, https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T/#u, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204125, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=b2d03cabe2b2e150ff5a381731ea0355459be09f, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5692-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5693-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5700-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5708-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5752-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42722

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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