CVE-2022-50651 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Linux

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.7MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa ("ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump") is also needed for ethtool eeprom.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.13.0 — 5.15.77+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.7-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 — 138a13d8f5c81266032af680f63069387f2748da+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.7-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2022-50651: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump The similar fix as commit 46c↗2025-12-09
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OSV
ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump↗2025-12-09
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GHSA
GHSA-5w66-49w5-7f8j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump The similar fix as commit 4↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2022-50651: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: ee...↗2022
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