Linux KernelOperating system · Linux

CVE-2022-50445

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-01

Fix available

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Remediation priority · Elevated

Zero-click Patch available

Official description

NVD · unedited

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through workqueue The following warning is displayed when the tcp6-multi-diffip11 stress test case of the LTP test suite is tested: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [ns-tcpserver:48198] CPU: 0 PID: 48198 Comm: ns-tcpserver Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.0.0-rc6+ #39 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : des3_ede_encrypt+0x27c/0x460 [libdes] lr : 0x3f sp : ffff80000ceaa1b0 x29: ffff80000ceaa1b0 x28: ffff0000df056100 x27: ffff0000e51e5280 x26: ffff80004df75030 x25: ffff0000e51e4600 x24: 000000000000003b x23: 0000000000802080 x22: 000000000000003d x21: 0000000000000038 x20: 0000000080000020 x19: 000000000000000a x18: 0000000000000033 x17: ffff0000e51e4780 x16: ffff80004e2d1448 x15: ffff80004e2d1248 x14: ffff0000e51e4680 x13: ffff80004e2d1348 x12: ffff80004e2d1548 x11: ffff80004e2d1848 x10: ffff80004e2d1648 x9 : ffff80004e2d1748 x8 : ffff80004e2d1948 x7 : 000000000bcaf83d x6 : 000000000000001b x5 : ffff80004e2d1048 x4 : 00000000761bf3bf x3 : 000000007f1dd0a3 x2 : ffff0000e51e4780 x1 : ffff0000e3b9a2f8 x0 : 00000000db44e872 Call trace: des3_ede_encrypt+0x27c/0x460 [libdes] crypto_des3_ede_encrypt+0x1c/0x30 [des_generic] crypto_cbc_encrypt+0x148/0x190 crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xc8/0xfc [authenc] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 esp6_output_tail+0x1c8/0x5d0 [esp6] esp6_output+0x120/0x278 [esp6] xfrm_output_one+0x458/0x4ec xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1f0 xfrm_output+0xac/0x4ac __xfrm6_output+0x130/0x270 xfrm6_output+0x60/0xec ip6_xmit+0x2ec/0x5bc inet6_csk_xmit+0xbc/0x10c __tcp_transmit_skb+0x460/0x8c0 tcp_write_xmit+0x348/0x890 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x44/0x110 tcp_rcv_established+0x3c8/0x720 tcp_v6_do_rcv+0xdc/0x4a0 tcp_v6_rcv+0xc24/0xcb0 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf0/0x574 ip6_input_finish+0x48/0x7c ip6_input+0x48/0xc0 ip6_rcv_finish+0x80/0x9c xfrm_trans_reinject+0xb0/0xf4 tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0xf8/0x134 tasklet_action+0x30/0x3c __do_softirq+0x128/0x368 do_softirq+0xb4/0xc0 __local_bh_enable_ip+0xb0/0xb4 put_cpu_fpsimd_context+0x40/0x70 kernel_neon_end+0x20/0x40 sha1_base_do_update.constprop.0.isra.0+0x11c/0x140 [sha1_ce] sha1_ce_finup+0x94/0x110 [sha1_ce] crypto_shash_finup+0x34/0xc0 hmac_finup+0x48/0xe0 crypto_shash_finup+0x34/0xc0 shash_digest_unaligned+0x74/0x90 crypto_shash_digest+0x4c/0x9c shash_ahash_digest+0xc8/0xf0 shash_async_digest+0x28/0x34 crypto_ahash_digest+0x48/0xcc crypto_authenc_genicv+0x88/0xcc [authenc] crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xd8/0xfc [authenc] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 esp6_output_tail+0x1c8/0x5d0 [esp6] esp6_output+0x120/0x278 [esp6] xfrm_output_one+0x458/0x4ec xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1f0 xfrm_output+0xac/0x4ac __xfrm6_output+0x130/0x270 xfrm6_output+0x60/0xec ip6_xmit+0x2ec/0x5bc inet6_csk_xmit+0xbc/0x10c __tcp_transmit_skb+0x460/0x8c0 tcp_write_xmit+0x348/0x890 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x44/0x110 tcp_push+0xb4/0x14c tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x71c/0xb64 tcp_sendmsg+0x40/0x6c inet6_sendmsg+0x4c/0x80 sock_sendmsg+0x5c/0x6c __sys_sendto+0x128/0x15c __arm64_sys_sendto+0x30/0x40 invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x170/0x194 do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c el0_svc+0x28/0xe0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xbc/0x13c el0t_64_sync+0x180/0x184 Get softirq info by bcc tool: ./softirqs -NT 10 Tracing soft irq event time... Hit Ctrl-C to end. 15:34:34 SOFTIRQ TOTAL_nsecs block 158990 timer 20030920 sched 46577080 net_rx 676746820 tasklet 9906067650 15:34:45 SOFTIRQ TOTAL_nsecs block 86100 sched 38849790 net_rx ---truncated---

Technical summary

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Affected products & versions

NVD · CPE data

Linux KernelOperating system

Affected:>= 3.2.100, < 3.3>= 3.16.55, < 3.17>= 4.14.24, < 4.15>= 4.15.1, < 5.15.75>= 5.16, < 5.19.17>= 6.0, < 6.0.3= 4.15

CVSS breakdown

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

dbcve · scoped

Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.3 / 3.17 / 4.15 or later

Fixed in 3.33.174.15

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Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel 5.15.75 or later (also fixed in 6.0.9, 6.1 and later stable branches)

1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
2. Check if the current version is one of the affected versions: >= 3.2.100 and < 3.3, >= 3.16.55 and < 3.17, >= 4.14.24 and < 4.15, >= 4.15.1 and < 5.15.75
3. For RHEL/CentOS systems: check if a kernel update is available via `yum check-update` or `dnf check-update`
4. For Debian/Ubuntu systems: run `apt update` and check for kernel updates
5. Apply the kernel upgrade via package manager (e.g., `yum update kernel`, `apt install linux-image-<version>`, or `apt-get dist-upgrade`)
6. Reboot the system to load the new kernel using `systemctl reboot` or `reboot`
7. After reboot, verify the running kernel is now >= 5.15.75 using `uname -r`

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At a glance

A fix existsUpgrade to 3.3 / 3.17 or later

Severity 5.5 Medium

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.1%

Affects: Linux Kernel

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