Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50003

 

Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50003

Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111483
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50003
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the ice_xsk_pool_setup() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch

How to mitigate CVE-2022-50003

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 5.15.64
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1

External References

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