CVE-2022-42722

kernel: Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 13, 2022

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in P2P-Device in wifi in ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt in net/mac80211/rx.c in the Linux kernel, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

To mitigate this issue, prevent module mac80211 from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-705 · Incorrect Control Flow Scoping