CVE-2022-50405
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
18/09/2025
Last modified:
14/01/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
net/tunnel: wait until all sk_user_data reader finish before releasing the sock<br />
<br />
There is a race condition in vxlan that when deleting a vxlan device<br />
during receiving packets, there is a possibility that the sock is<br />
released after getting vxlan_sock vs from sk_user_data. Then in<br />
later vxlan_ecn_decapsulate(), vxlan_get_sk_family() we will got<br />
NULL pointer dereference. e.g.<br />
<br />
#0 [ffffa25ec6978a38] machine_kexec at ffffffff8c669757<br />
#1 [ffffa25ec6978a90] __crash_kexec at ffffffff8c7c0a4d<br />
#2 [ffffa25ec6978b58] crash_kexec at ffffffff8c7c1c48<br />
#3 [ffffa25ec6978b60] oops_end at ffffffff8c627f2b<br />
#4 [ffffa25ec6978b80] page_fault_oops at ffffffff8c678fcb<br />
#5 [ffffa25ec6978bd8] exc_page_fault at ffffffff8d109542<br />
#6 [ffffa25ec6978c00] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff8d200b62<br />
[exception RIP: vxlan_ecn_decapsulate+0x3b]<br />
RIP: ffffffffc1014e7b RSP: ffffa25ec6978cb0 RFLAGS: 00010246<br />
RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: ffff8aa000888000 RCX: 0000000000000000<br />
RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffff8a9fc7ab803e RDI: ffff8a9fd1168700<br />
RBP: ffff8a9fc7ab803e R8: 0000000000700000 R9: 00000000000010ae<br />
R10: ffff8a9fcb748980 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8a9fd1168700<br />
R13: ffff8aa000888000 R14: 00000000002a0000 R15: 00000000000010ae<br />
ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018<br />
#7 [ffffa25ec6978ce8] vxlan_rcv at ffffffffc10189cd [vxlan]<br />
#8 [ffffa25ec6978d90] udp_queue_rcv_one_skb at ffffffff8cfb6507<br />
#9 [ffffa25ec6978dc0] udp_unicast_rcv_skb at ffffffff8cfb6e45<br />
#10 [ffffa25ec6978dc8] __udp4_lib_rcv at ffffffff8cfb8807<br />
#11 [ffffa25ec6978e20] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu at ffffffff8cf76951<br />
#12 [ffffa25ec6978e48] ip_local_deliver at ffffffff8cf76bde<br />
#13 [ffffa25ec6978ea0] __netif_receive_skb_one_core at ffffffff8cecde9b<br />
#14 [ffffa25ec6978ec8] process_backlog at ffffffff8cece139<br />
#15 [ffffa25ec6978f00] __napi_poll at ffffffff8ceced1a<br />
#16 [ffffa25ec6978f28] net_rx_action at ffffffff8cecf1f3<br />
#17 [ffffa25ec6978fa0] __softirqentry_text_start at ffffffff8d4000ca<br />
#18 [ffffa25ec6978ff0] do_softirq at ffffffff8c6fbdc3<br />
<br />
Reproducer: https://github.com/Mellanox/ovs-tests/blob/master/test-ovs-vxlan-remove-tunnel-during-traffic.sh<br />
<br />
Fix this by waiting for all sk_user_data reader to finish before<br />
releasing the sock.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.18 (including) | 4.9.337 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.10 (including) | 4.14.303 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.15 (including) | 4.19.270 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 (including) | 5.4.229 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.163 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.86 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.0.16 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1 (including) | 6.1.2 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/303000c793f705d07b551eb7c1c27001c5b33c8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf7203ca620682165706f70a1b12b5194607dce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588d0b8462f5ffed3e677e65639825b2678117ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84e566d157cc22ad2da8bdd970495855fbf13d92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f09a776ae335ca836ed864b8f2a9461882a280
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a6544343bba7da929d6d4a2dc44ec0f15970081
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b38aa7465411795e9e744b8d94633910497fec2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be34e79e0ae6adbf6e7e75ddaee9ad84795ab933
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8316584b0a6c61c9c407631040c22712b26e38c



