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CVE-2022-50047 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: mv88e6060: prevent crash on an unused port If the port isn't a CPU port nor a user port, 'cpu_dp' is a null pointer and a crash happened on dereferencing it in mv88e6060_setup_port(): [ 9.575872] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000014 ... [ 9.942216] mv88e6060_setup from dsa_register_switch+0x814/0xe84 [ 9.948616] dsa_register_switch from mdio_probe+0x2c/0x54 [ 9.954433] mdio_probe from really_probe.part.0+0x98/0x2a0 [ 9.960375] really_probe.part.0 from driver_probe_device+0x30/0x10c [ 9.967029] driver_probe_device from __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x13c [ 9.973946] __device_attach_driver from bus_for_each_drv+0x90/0xe0 [ 9.980509] bus_for_each_drv from __device_attach+0x110/0x184 [ 9.986632] __device_attach from bus_probe_device+0x8c/0x94 [ 9.992577] bus_probe_device from deferred_probe_work_func+0x78/0xa8 [ 9.999311] deferred_probe_work_func from process_one_work+0x290/0x73c [ 10.006292] process_one_work from worker_thread+0x30/0x4b8 [ 10.012155] worker_thread from kthread+0xd4/0x10c [ 10.017238] kthread from ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-06-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.0

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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