Answer in brief
CVE-2022-50253 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <ffbccc5fb0a67424e12f7f8da210c04c8063f797 || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <e6a63203e5a90a39392fa1a7ffc60f5e9baf642a || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <772431f30ca040cfbf31b791d468bac6a9ca74d3 || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <6d935a02658be82585ecb39aab339faa84496650 || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <5d3f4478d22b2cb1810f6fe0f797411e9d87b3e5 || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <1b65704b8c08ae92db29f720d3b298031131da53 || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <f186303845a01cc7e991f9dc51d7e5a3cdc7aedb || >=4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d <07ec7b502800ba9f7b8b15cb01dd6556bb41aaca | ffbccc5fb0a67424e12f7f8da210c04c8063f797, e6a63203e5a90a39392fa1a7ffc60f5e9baf642a, 772431f30ca040cfbf31b791d468bac6a9ca74d3, 6d935a02658be82585ecb39aab339faa84496650, 5d3f4478d22b2cb1810f6fe0f797411e9d87b3e5, 1b65704b8c08ae92db29f720d3b298031131da53, f186303845a01cc7e991f9dc51d7e5a3cdc7aedb, 07ec7b502800ba9f7b8b15cb01dd6556bb41aaca |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.9 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 15, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
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?
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