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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-50717 in the critical feed json

nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag

published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55772

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag

ttag is used as an index to get cmd in nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu(), add a bounds check to avoid out-of-bounds access.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50717

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-139.156
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1096.104
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1100.109
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1029.36
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.32
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1044.49

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50717

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:3138RHSA-2023:7077RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2024:3810

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0710-1SUSE-SU-2026:0707-1SUSE-SU-2026:0700-1SUSE-SU-2026:0698-1SUSE-SU-2026:0696-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10.cloud.0.1

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2024:3138

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-50717 updated cvss 6.1

kernel: nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:7077
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3810
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.el8_10, perf 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, kernel 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, bpftool 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9, +36 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3138
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) perf 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, bpftool 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-core 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, kernel-tools 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, python3-perf 4.18.0-477.58.1.el8_8, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3810
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3138
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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