CVE-2022-50651

ethtool: eeprom: fix null-deref on genl_info in dump

EPSS 0.2%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

09 Dec 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

Affected products

Linux · Linux

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/138a13d8f5c81266032af680f63069387f2748da https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3be98592a12511d4e78a9a67aaff3e6ca4980c https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9effca9d7d7cf6341182a7c5cabcbd6fa28063