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CVE-2022-50445· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

xfrm: Reinject transport-mode packets through workqueue

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 130d9e5017ade1b81d16783563edb38c12a2eab7, 3.17, 3.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 130d9e5017ade1b81d16783563edb38c12a2eab7, 3.17, 3.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 1, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel3.2.100 and later · before 3.3
  • linux linux kernel3.16.55 and later · before 3.17
  • linux linux kernel4.14.24 and later · before 4.15
  • linux linux kernel4.15.1 and later · before 5.15.75
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.19.17
  • linux linux kernel6.0 and later · before 6.0.3
  • linux linux kernel4.15

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 69895c5ea0ca2e8d7de1e6d36965d0ab9730787f, 833760100588acfb267dac4d6a02ab9931237739, e095ecaec6d94aa2156cceb98a85d409b51190f3, 4.15affected
    • acf568ee859f098279eadf551612f103afdacb4e and later · before 7d98b26684cb2390729525b341ea099f0badbe18affected · git
    • acf568ee859f098279eadf551612f103afdacb4e and later · before f520075da484306bbb8425afd2c42404ba74816faffected · git
    • acf568ee859f098279eadf551612f103afdacb4e and later · before 130d9e5017ade1b81d16783563edb38c12a2eab7affected · git
    • acf568ee859f098279eadf551612f103afdacb4e and later · before 4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276affected · git
    • 3.2.100 and later · before 3.3affected · semver
    • 3.16.55 and later · before 3.17affected · semver
    • 4.14.24 and later · before 4.15affected · semver
    • before 4.15not affected · semver
    • 5.15.75 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.0.3-16.0.3-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux130d9e5017ade1b81d16783563edb38c12a2eab7Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3.17Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux3.3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4.15Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7d98b26684cb2390729525b341ea099f0badbe18Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf520075da484306bbb8425afd2c42404ba74816fVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.0.3-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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