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Unscored CVE-2022-50655 EUVD-2022-55701GHSA-wcm6-h78p-r673

ppp: associate skb with a device at tx

Published Dec 9, 2025 · Updated May 11, 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-azure 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-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-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-6.11 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-6.14 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:

ppp: associate skb with a device at tx

Syzkaller triggered flow dissector warning with the following:

r0 = openat$ppp(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000), 0xc0802, 0x0)
ioctl$PPPIOCNEWUNIT(r0, 0xc004743e, &(0x7f00000000c0))
ioctl$PPPIOCSACTIVE(r0, 0x40107446, &(0x7f0000000240)={0x2, &(0x7f0000000180)=[{0x20, 0x0, 0x0, 0xfffff034}, {0x6}]})
pwritev(r0, &(0x7f0000000040)=[{&(0x7f0000000140)='\x00!', 0x2}], 0x1, 0x0, 0x0)

[ 9.485814] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 329 at net/core/flow_dissector.c:1016 __skb_flow_dissect+0x1ee0/0x1fa0
[ 9.485929] skb_get_poff+0x53/0xa0
[ 9.485937] bpf_skb_get_pay_offset+0xe/0x20
[ 9.485944] ? ppp_send_frame+0xc2/0x5b0
[ 9.485949] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x40/0x60
[ 9.485958] ? __ppp_xmit_process+0x7a/0xe0
[ 9.485968] ? ppp_xmit_process+0x5b/0xb0
[ 9.485974] ? ppp_write+0x12a/0x190
[ 9.485981] ? do_iter_write+0x18e/0x2d0
[ 9.485987] ? __import_iovec+0x30/0x130
[ 9.485997] ? do_pwritev+0x1b6/0x240
[ 9.486016] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x47/0x50
[ 9.486023] ? __x64_sys_pwritev+0x24/0x30
[ 9.486026] ? do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x80
[ 9.486031] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Flow dissector tries to find skb net namespace either via device
or via socket. Neigher is set in ppp_send_frame, so let's manually
use ppp->dev.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.20 5.4.229

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-riscv +10 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-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1 —
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-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-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 4 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-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 —

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

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