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CVE-2022-50062

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.211 / 5.10.138 or later.
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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: net: bgmac: Fix a BUG triggered by wrong bytes_compl On one of our machines we got: kernel BUG at lib/dynamic_queue_limits.c:27! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM CPU: 0 PID: 1166 Comm: irq/41-bgmac Tainted: G W O 4.14.275-rt132 #1 Hardware name: BRCM XGS iProc task: ee3415c0 task.stack: ee32a000 PC is at dql_completed+0x168/0x178 LR is at bgmac_poll+0x18c/0x6d8 pc : [<c03b9430>] lr : [<c04b5a18>] psr: 800a0313 sp : ee32be14 ip : 000005ea fp : 00000bd4 r10: ee558500 r9 : c0116298 r8 : 00000002 r7 : 00000000 r6 : ef128810 r5 : 01993267 r4 : 01993851 r3 : ee558000 r2 : 000070e1 r1 : 00000bd4 r0 : ee52c180 Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment none Control: 12c5387d Table: 8e88c04a DAC: 00000051 Process irq/41-bgmac (pid: 1166, stack limit = 0xee32a210) Stack: (0xee32be14 to 0xee32c000) be00: ee558520 ee52c100 ef128810 be20: 00000000 00000002 c0116298 c04b5a18 00000000 c0a0c8c4 c0951780 00000040 be40: c0701780 ee558500 ee55d520 ef05b340 ef6f9780 ee558520 00000001 00000040 be60: ffffe000 c0a56878 ef6fa040 c0952040 0000012c c0528744 ef6f97b0 fffcfb6a be80: c0a04104 2eda8000 c0a0c4ec c0a0d368 ee32bf44 c0153534 ee32be98 ee32be98 bea0: ee32bea0 ee32bea0 ee32bea8 ee32bea8 00000000 c01462e4 ffffe000 ef6f22a8 bec0: ffffe000 00000008 ee32bee4 c0147430 ffffe000 c094a2a8 00000003 ffffe000 bee0: c0a54528 00208040 0000000c c0a0c8c4 c0a65980 c0124d3c 00000008 ee558520 bf00: c094a23c c0a02080 00000000 c07a9910 ef136970 ef136970 ee30a440 ef136900 bf20: ee30a440 00000001 ef136900 ee30a440 c016d990 00000000 c0108db0 c012500c bf40: ef136900 c016da14 ee30a464 ffffe000 00000001 c016dd14 00000000 c016db28 bf60: ffffe000 ee21a080 ee30a400 00000000 ee32a000 ee30a440 c016dbfc ee25fd70 bf80: ee21a09c c013edcc ee32a000 ee30a400 c013ec7c 00000000 00000000 00000000 bfa0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0108470 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 bfc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 bfe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 [<c03b9430>] (dql_completed) from [<c04b5a18>] (bgmac_poll+0x18c/0x6d8) [<c04b5a18>] (bgmac_poll) from [<c0528744>] (net_rx_action+0x1c4/0x494) [<c0528744>] (net_rx_action) from [<c0124d3c>] (do_current_softirqs+0x1ec/0x43c) [<c0124d3c>] (do_current_softirqs) from [<c012500c>] (__local_bh_enable+0x80/0x98) [<c012500c>] (__local_bh_enable) from [<c016da14>] (irq_forced_thread_fn+0x84/0x98) [<c016da14>] (irq_forced_thread_fn) from [<c016dd14>] (irq_thread+0x118/0x1c0) [<c016dd14>] (irq_thread) from [<c013edcc>] (kthread+0x150/0x158) [<c013edcc>] (kthread) from [<c0108470>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24) Code: a83f15e0 0200001a 0630a0e1 c3ffffea (f201f0e7) The issue seems similar to commit 90b3b339364c ("net: hisilicon: Fix a BUG trigered by wrong bytes_compl") and potentially introduced by commit b38c83dd0866 ("bgmac: simplify tx ring index handling"). If there is an RX interrupt between setting ring->end and netdev_sent_queue() we can hit the BUG_ON as bgmac_dma_tx_free() can miscalculate the queue size while called from bgmac_poll(). The machine which triggered the BUG runs a v4.14 RT kernel - but the issue seems present in mainline too.

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dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-617

Attacker-controllable input can reach an assertion that aborts the process when it fails, so a check meant for debugging becomes a denial-of-service in production. A single crafted request takes the service down. The fix is to handle unexpected input gracefully on reachable paths rather than asserting on it.

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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:>= 4.1, < 5.4.211>= 5.5, < 5.10.138>= 5.11, < 5.15.63>= 5.16, < 5.19.4

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.211 / 5.10.138 / 5.15.63 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2115.10.1385.15.63
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel version 5.4.211+ (if on 5.4 branch), 5.10.138+ (if on 5.10 branch), 5.15.63+ (if on 5.15 branch), or 5.19.4+ (if on 5.16+ branch)

  1. Identify the currently running kernel version using 'uname -r' or 'cat /proc/version'
  2. Determine which kernel release branch your version belongs to (e.g., 5.4.x, 5.10.x, 5.15.x, or 5.16.x-5.18.x)
  3. For systems on 5.4.x branch: upgrade to kernel version 5.4.211 or later
  4. For systems on 5.10.x branch: upgrade to kernel version 5.10.138 or later
  5. For systems on 5.15.x branch: upgrade to kernel version 5.15.63 or later
  6. For systems on 5.16.x through 5.18.x branch: upgrade to kernel version 5.19.4 or later
  7. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to apply the fixed kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding third-party kernel modules; ensure driver compatibility with the new kernel version before upgrading production systems

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