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Unscored CVE-2022-50253 EUVD-2022-55499GHSA-mmcv-ff9h-q89c

bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device

Published Sep 15, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device

syzkaller managed to trigger another case where skb->len == 0
when we enter __dev_queue_xmit:

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2069/0x35e0 net/core/dev.c:4295

Call Trace:
dev_queue_xmit+0x17/0x20 net/core/dev.c:4406
__bpf_tx_skb net/core/filter.c:2115 [inline]
__bpf_redirect_no_mac net/core/filter.c:2140 [inline]
__bpf_redirect+0x5fb/0xda0 net/core/filter.c:2163
____bpf_clone_redirect net/core/filter.c:2447 [inline]
bpf_clone_redirect+0x247/0x390 net/core/filter.c:2419
bpf_prog_48159a89cb4a9a16+0x59/0x5e
bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:897 [inline]
__bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:596 [inline]
bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline]
bpf_test_run+0x46c/0x890 net/bpf/test_run.c:402
bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0xbdc/0x14c0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1170
bpf_prog_test_run+0x345/0x3c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3648
__sys_bpf+0x43a/0x6c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5005
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5091 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089
do_syscall_64+0x54/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:48
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6

The reproducer doesn't really reproduce outside of syzkaller
environment, so I'm taking a guess here. It looks like we
do generate correct ETH_HLEN-sized packet, but we redirect
the packet to the tunneling device. Before we do so, we
__skb_pull l2 header and arrive again at skb->len == 0.
Doesn't seem like we can do anything better than having
an explicit check after __skb_pull?

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.9 4.14.303

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.4-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-69.76 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1033.37 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1035.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1035.42.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1031.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1030.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1017.22 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1027.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1027.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1032.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1026.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-144.161 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1097.105 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1104.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1035.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1059.65 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1101.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1031.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1027.32~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1013.15 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1087.93 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1094.103 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1032.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1081.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-208.220 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1153.166 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1162.177 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1147.163 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1137.142 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1116.127 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1 —
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1023.28 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1034.37 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1073.82 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2092.98 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2071.77 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1108.119 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2055.60 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1153.166~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1147.163~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-208.219~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1116.127~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150700.53.25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.21.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.25.1.150700.17.17.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-docs 6.4.0-150700.53.25.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3.150600.12.36.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.81.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.275.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +7 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +7 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20562-1, SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-38.1.21.15 SUSE-SU-2026:20496-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20059-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20496-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-38.1.21.15 SUSE-SU-2026:20473-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20039-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20473-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4516-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_18 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_18 1-150600.13.3.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.275.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_73 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.25.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4516-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +10 6.12.0-160000.8.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +3 6.4.0-150600.23.81.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.58.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.81.3.150600.12.36.3 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1 SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source 6.4.0-150600.23.81.2 SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.304-226.531 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-1932
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.304-226.531.amzn2 ALAS2-2023-1932

Advisories 19

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