CVE-2022-42722: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 35 only; version 36 only; version 37 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.8, before 5.19.16 (fixed in 5.19.16)

Published 2022-10-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.