dbcve.org
Linux KernelOperating system · Linux

CVE-2022-50003

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.10.140 / 5.15.64 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: xsk: prohibit usage of non-balanced queue id Fix the following scenario: 1. ethtool -L $IFACE rx 8 tx 96 2. xdpsock -q 10 -t -z Above refers to a case where user would like to attach XSK socket in txonly mode at a queue id that does not have a corresponding Rx queue. At this moment ice's XSK logic is tightly bound to act on a "queue pair", e.g. both Tx and Rx queues at a given queue id are disabled/enabled and both of them will get XSK pool assigned, which is broken for the presented queue configuration. This results in the splat included at the bottom, which is basically an OOB access to Rx ring array. To fix this, allow using the ids only in scope of "combined" queues reported by ethtool. However, logic should be rewritten to allow such configurations later on, which would end up as a complete rewrite of the control path, so let us go with this temporary fix. [420160.558008] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000082 [420160.566359] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [420160.572657] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [420160.579002] PGD 0 P4D 0 [420160.582756] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [420160.588396] CPU: 10 PID: 21232 Comm: xdpsock Tainted: G OE 5.19.0-rc7+ #10 [420160.597893] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0008.031920191559 03/19/2019 [420160.609894] RIP: 0010:ice_xsk_pool_setup+0x44/0x7d0 [ice] [420160.616968] Code: f3 48 83 ec 40 48 8b 4f 20 48 8b 3f 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 38 31 c0 48 8d 04 ed 00 00 00 00 48 01 c1 48 8b 11 <0f> b7 92 82 00 00 00 48 85 d2 0f 84 2d 75 00 00 48 8d 72 ff 48 85 [420160.639421] RSP: 0018:ffffc9002d2afd48 EFLAGS: 00010282 [420160.646650] RAX: 0000000000000050 RBX: ffff88811d8bdd00 RCX: ffff888112c14ff8 [420160.655893] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88811d8bdd00 RDI: ffff888109861000 [420160.665166] RBP: 000000000000000a R08: 000000000000000a R09: 0000000000000000 [420160.674493] R10: 000000000000889f R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000000a [420160.683833] R13: 000000000000000a R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888117611828 [420160.693211] FS: 00007fa869fc1f80(0000) GS:ffff8897e0880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [420160.703645] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [420160.711783] CR2: 0000000000000082 CR3: 00000001d076c001 CR4: 00000000007706e0 [420160.721399] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [420160.731045] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [420160.740707] PKRU: 55555554 [420160.745960] Call Trace: [420160.750962] <TASK> [420160.755597] ? kmalloc_large_node+0x79/0x90 [420160.762703] ? __kmalloc_node+0x3f5/0x4b0 [420160.769341] xp_assign_dev+0xfd/0x210 [420160.775661] ? shmem_file_read_iter+0x29a/0x420 [420160.782896] xsk_bind+0x152/0x490 [420160.788943] __sys_bind+0xd0/0x100 [420160.795097] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x20/0x120 [420160.802801] __x64_sys_bind+0x16/0x20 [420160.809298] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [420160.815741] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [420160.823731] RIP: 0033:0x7fa86a0dd2fb [420160.830264] Code: c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 15 69 8b 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bc 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 31 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 3d 8b 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [420160.855410] RSP: 002b:00007ffc1146f618 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000031 [420160.866366] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fa86a0dd2fb [420160.876957] RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 00007ffc1146f680 RDI: 0000000000000003 [420160.887604] RBP: 000055d7113a0520 R08: 00007fa868fb8000 R09: 0000000080000000 [420160.898293] R10: 0000000000008001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055d7113a04e0 [420160.909038] R13: 000055d7113a0320 R14: 000000000000000a R15: 0000000000000000 [420160.919817] </TASK> [420160.925659] Modules linked in: ice(OE) af_packet binfmt_misc ---truncated---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-476

The code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.

General guidance for the null pointer dereference class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.5, < 5.10.140>= 5.11, < 5.15.64>= 5.16, < 5.19.6= 6.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.10.140 / 5.15.64 / 5.19.6 or later
Fixed in 5.10.1405.15.645.19.6
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 5.10.140+ (5.10.x train), 5.15.64+ (5.15.x train), 5.19.6+ (5.19.x train), or 6.1+ (6.x train)

  1. Identify current kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`
  2. Determine if the system uses the ice driver (Intel network driver) by running `lsmod | grep ice` or checking network interfaces with `ip link show`
  3. If running an affected version (5.5 <= version < 5.10.140, 5.11 <= version < 5.15.64, 5.16 <= version < 5.19.6, or 6.0), upgrade the kernel to a fixed release
  4. For 5.10.x train: upgrade to 5.10.140 or later
  5. For 5.15.x train: upgrade to 5.15.64 or later
  6. For 5.19.x train: upgrade to 5.19.6 or later
  7. For 6.x train: upgrade to 6.1 or later
  8. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching distribution-specific packages; ensure all drivers and modules are compatible with the new kernel version

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

We can perform the upgrade in your staging environment and verify nothing breaks — typical engagement from $2,850. Get the upgrade done

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2022-50003 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-50003 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data