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TI-2022-25924 Aliases CVE-2022-50445GHSA-hq3m-qwqr-pvj6

xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through workqueue

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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---

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00159 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 3.3, 3.17, 4.15 +4Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux3.2.100 to before 3.3; 3.16.55 to before 3.17; 4.14.24 to before 4.153.3, 3.17, 4.15Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux4.15 and later5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.2.100 to before 3.3; 3.16.55 to before 3.17; 4.14.24 to before 4.15 Fixed in 3.3, 3.17, 4.15 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.15 and later Fixed in 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.100 to before 3.3; 3.16.55 to before 3.17; 4.14.24 to before 4.15; 4.15.1 to before 5.15.75; 5.16 to before 5.19.17; 6.0 to before 6.0.3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15 rc7VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15 rc8VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:*4.15 rc9VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.100 to before 3.3; 3.16.55 to before 3.17; 4.14.24 to before 4.15; 4.15.1 to before 5.15.75; 5.16 to before 5.19.17; 6.0 to before 6.0.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 rc8 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.15:rc9:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.15 rc9 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 3.3, 3.17, 4.15
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2023:2458 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +29
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-50445
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hq3m-qwqr-pvj6
  3. 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 4

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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