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

net: hsr: avoid possible NULL deref in skb_clone()

syzbot got a crash [1] in skb_clone(), caused by a bug
in hsr_get_untagged_frame().

When/if create_stripped_skb_hsr() returns NULL, we must
not attempt to call skb_clone().

While we are at it, replace a WARN_ONCE() by netdev_warn_once().

[1]
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000f: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000078-0x000000000000007f]
CPU: 1 PID: 754 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
RIP: 0010:skb_clone+0x108/0x3c0 net/core/skbuff.c:1641
Code: 93 02 00 00 49 83 7c 24 28 00 0f 85 e9 00 00 00 e8 5d 4a 29 fa 4c 8d 75 7e 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 4c 89 f2 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 08 84 c0 0f 85 9e 01 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003ccf4e0 EFLAGS: 00010207

RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc90003ccf5f8 RCX: ffffc9000c24b000
RDX: 000000000000000f RSI: ffffffff8751cb13 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00000000000000f0 R09: 0000000000000140
R10: fffffbfff181d972 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888161fc3640
R13: 0000000000000a20 R14: 000000000000007e R15: ffffffff8dc5f620
FS: 00007feb621e4700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007feb621e3ff8 CR3: 00000001643a9000 CR4: 00000000003506e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
hsr_get_untagged_frame+0x4e/0x610 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:164
hsr_forward_do net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:461 [inline]
hsr_forward_skb+0xcca/0x1d50 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:623
hsr_handle_frame+0x588/0x7c0 net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:69
__netif_receive_skb_core+0x9fe/0x38f0 net/core/dev.c:5379
__netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xae/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5483
__netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x1c0 net/core/dev.c:5599
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5685 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x12f/0x8d0 net/core/dev.c:5744
tun_rx_batched+0x4ab/0x7a0 drivers/net/tun.c:1544
tun_get_user+0x2686/0x3a00 drivers/net/tun.c:1995
tun_chr_write_iter+0xdb/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:2025
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2187 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_write+0x9e9/0xdd0 fs/read_write.c:584
ksys_write+0x127/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00025.

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
f266a683a4804dc499efc6c2206ef68efed029d0 affected < ff7ba766758313129794f150bbc4d351b5e17a53
f266a683a4804dc499efc6c2206ef68efed029d0 affected < 35ece858660eae13ee0242496a1956c39d29418e
f266a683a4804dc499efc6c2206ef68efed029d0 affected < c46f2e0fcd1ecfc6046e5cf785ff89f0572f94e4
f266a683a4804dc499efc6c2206ef68efed029d0 affected < d8b57135fd9ffe9a5b445350a686442a531c5339
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
3.17 affected —
0 unaffected < 3.17
5.10.152 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.76 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.0.6 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hsr: avoid possible NULL deref in skb_clone() syzbot got a crash [1] in skb_clone(), caused by a bug in hsr_get_untagged_frame(). When/if create_stripped_skb_hsr() returns NULL, we must not attempt to call skb_clone(). While we are at it, replace a WARN_ONCE() by netdev_warn_once(). [1] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000f: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000078-0x000000000000007f] CPU: 1 PID: 754 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 RIP: 0010:skb_clone+0x108/0x3c0 net/core/skbuff.c:1641 Code: 93 02 00 00 49 83 7c 24 28 00 0f 85 e9 00 00 00 e8 5d 4a 29 fa 4c 8d 75 7e 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 f2 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 4c 89 f2 83 e2 07 38 d0 7f 08 84 c0 0f 85 9e 01 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003ccf4e0 EFLAGS: 00010207 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffffc90003ccf5f8 RCX: ffffc9000c24b000 RDX: 000000000000000f RSI: ffffffff8751cb13 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00000000000000f0 R09: 0000000000000140 R10: fffffbfff181d972 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888161fc3640 R13: 0000000000000a20 R14: 000000000000007e R15: ffffffff8dc5f620 FS: 00007feb621e4700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007feb621e3ff8 CR3: 00000001643a9000 CR4: 00000000003506e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> hsr_get_untagged_frame+0x4e/0x610 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:164 hsr_forward_do net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:461 [inline] hsr_forward_skb+0xcca/0x1d50 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:623 hsr_handle_frame+0x588/0x7c0 net/hsr/hsr_slave.c:69 __netif_receive_skb_core+0x9fe/0x38f0 net/core/dev.c:5379 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xae/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5483 __netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x1c0 net/core/dev.c:5599 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5685 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x12f/0x8d0 net/core/dev.c:5744 tun_rx_batched+0x4ab/0x7a0 drivers/net/tun.c:1544 tun_get_user+0x2686/0x3a00 drivers/net/tun.c:1995 tun_chr_write_iter+0xdb/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:2025 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2187 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x9e9/0xdd0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x127/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Title net: hsr: avoid possible NULL deref in skb_clone()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:08:32.866Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:07.130Z

Link: CVE-2022-50817

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T13:15:56.087

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:43:05.160

Link: CVE-2022-50817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50817 - Bugzilla

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