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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-42722

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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2022-42722

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/13/2022
Created
01/21/2025
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

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)

  • vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

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