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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-42722: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-42722: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/13/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-lts

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