Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49691erspan: do not assume transport header is always set

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erspan: do not assume transport header is always set Rewrite tests in ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() and erspan_fb_xmit() to not assume transport header is set. syzbot reported: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1350 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2911 skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:2911 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1350 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2911 ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x15af/0x2eb0 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:963 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 1350 Comm: aoe_tx0 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller-00160-g274295c6e53f #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:2911 [inline] RIP: 0010:ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x15af/0x2eb0 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:963 Code: 0f 47 f0 40 88 b5 7f fe ff ff e8 8c 16 4b f9 89 de bf ff ff ff ff e8 a0 12 4b f9 66 83 fb ff 0f 85 1d f1 ff ff e8 71 16 4b f9 <0f> 0b e9 43 f0 ff ff e8 65 16 4b f9 48 8d 85 30 ff ff ff ba 60 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90005daf910 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000ffff RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88801f032100 RSI: ffffffff882e8d3f RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffffc90005dafab8 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 000000000000ffff R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888024f21d40 R13: 000000000000a288 R14: 00000000000000b0 R15: ffff888025a2e000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88802c800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b2e425000 CR3: 000000006d099000 CR4: 0000000000152ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4805 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4819 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3588 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x188/0x880 net/core/dev.c:3604 sch_direct_xmit+0x19f/0xbe0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:342 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:3815 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x14a1/0x3900 net/core/dev.c:4219 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:2994 [inline] tx+0x6a/0xc0 drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c:63 kthread+0x1e7/0x3b0 drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:1229 kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:302 </TASK>

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49691
Debian:13linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49691
Debian:14linux5.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-48.54UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1020.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1024.30.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1018.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1016.19UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1003.5UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1016.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1018.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-48.54UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1018.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49691

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before fb401f37f6eadf24956d93687e5758c163c0d12bd5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before 02da602bc2f353dccd9e489a604490034ded941ed5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before cec9867ee55478ef5dcb2adf030fe0c442a4c4eed5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before a3b2470399f679587c45abe56e551caf10becca2d5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before 2c8aeffc7c586d53e1d380f010bdca4f710f2480d5db21a3e6977dcb42cee3d16cd69901fa66510a – before 301bd140ed0b24f0da660874c7e8a47dad8c8222
Linux Linux 4.18

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