blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time There is a problem found by code review in tg_with_in_bps_limit() that 'bps_limit * jiffy_elapsed_rnd' might overflow. Fix the problem by calling mul_u64_u64_div_u64() instead.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00214 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17 +2Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.150, 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 Importantkernel 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: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-50580
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-99r7-2gxr-89fw
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c010ae44f0ce52b5436080492a61a092ee0cf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70b2adb1d698fbc63d3b3848c452524dc15872c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc6f0855bf8d9b729df28ff443ced7350c380dbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca67b0563b39e79290c23e509319c178b9ca9104
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6bbaada2e0a65f9012ac4c2506460160e7237a
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Sources
- CVE-2022-50580 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-50580 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-99r7-2gxr-89fw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-50580 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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