CVE-2022-50651
ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump The similar fix as commit 46cdedf2a0fa ("ethtool: pse-pd: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump") is also needed for ethtool eeprom.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 – < 138a13d8f5c81266032af680f63069387f2748da
- affected c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 – < 1e3be98592a12511d4e78a9a67aaff3e6ca4980c
- affected c781ff12a2f37a9795e13bf328e5053d3e69f9e0 – < 9d9effca9d7d7cf6341182a7c5cabcbd6fa28063
- affected 5.13
- unaffected < 5.13
- unaffected 5.15.77 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.7 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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