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CVE-2022-50004
published 2025-06-18

CVE-2022-50004: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: policy: fix metadata dst->dev xmit null pointer dereference When we try to transmit…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: policy: fix metadata dst->dev xmit null pointer dereference When we try to transmit an skb with metadata_dst attached (i.e. dst->dev == NULL) through xfrm interface we can hit a null pointer dereference[1] in xfrmi_xmit2() -> xfrm_lookup_with_ifid() due to the check for a loopback skb device when there's no policy which dereferences dst->dev unconditionally. Not having dst->dev can be interepreted as it not being a loopback device, so just add a check for a null dst_orig->dev. With this fix xfrm interface's Tx error counters go up as usual. [1] net-next calltrace captured via netconsole: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000c0 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 1 PID: 7231 Comm: ping Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.19.0+ #24 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-1.fc36 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x5eb/0xa60 Code: 8d 74 24 38 e8 26 a4 37 00 48 89 c1 e9 12 fc ff ff 49 63 ed 41 83 fd be 0f 85 be 01 00 00 41 be ff ff ff ff 45 31 ed 48 8b 03 80 c0 00 00 00 08 75 0f 41 80 bc 24 19 0d 00 00 01 0f 84 1e 02 RSP: 0018:ffffb0db82c679f0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffd0db7fcad430 RCX: ffffb0db82c67a10 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffb0db82c67a80 RBP: ffffb0db82c67a80 R08: ffffb0db82c67a14 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff8fa449667dc8 R12: ffffffff966db880 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00000000ffffffff R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007ff35c83f000(0000) GS:ffff8fa478480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000000000c0 CR3: 000000001ebb7000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 Call Trace: xfrmi_xmit+0xde/0x460 ? tcf_bpf_act+0x13d/0x2a0 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x72/0x1e0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x251/0xd30 ip_finish_output2+0x140/0x550 ip_push_pending_frames+0x56/0x80 r

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 2d151d39073aff498358543801fca0f670fea981 < 96f2758a6d028d1ac08616de9c3c7ff2a122ecf196f2758a6d028d1ac08616de9c3c7ff2a122ecf1
linuxlinux>= 2d151d39073aff498358543801fca0f670fea981 < e26d676c1f9f335510780b566a10475c47ce03d0e26d676c1f9f335510780b566a10475c47ce03d0
linuxlinux>= 2d151d39073aff498358543801fca0f670fea981 < 17ecd4a4db4783392edd4944f5e8268205083f7017ecd4a4db4783392edd4944f5e8268205083f70
linuxlinux>= 5.10.118 < 5.10.1405.10.140
linuxlinux>= 5b7f84b1f9f46327360a64c529433fa0d68cc3f4 < 2761612bcde9776dd93ce60ce55ef0b7c73291532761612bcde9776dd93ce60ce55ef0b7c7329153
linuxlinux_kernel——
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.140-15.10.140-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.10.118 < 5.10.1405.10.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15 < 5.15.645.15.64
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.19.65.19.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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